Open AccessHIV Apheresis Tags (HIVAT) Aided Elimination of Viremia
Author(s) -
Marek Malecki,
Bianka Saetre
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of green engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2245-4586
pISSN - 1904-4720
DOI - 10.13052/2052-8426-2018-06
Subject(s) - viremia , apheresis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , virology , adverse effect , medicine , biology , platelet
Abstract: HIV viremia is the essential element for progression of an initial HIV infection into AIDS and death. The currently approved management relies primarily on chemotherapy repressing the HIV replication in the infected CD4+ cells, although with severe systemic adverse effects. The problem is that it does not physically eliminate viruses, which then not only keep infecting healthy cells of these patients, but also promote infectivions of other people.