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SUBMITTER: Soares RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3067805 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Soares Rui S RS Tendeiro Rita R Foxall Russell B RB Baptista António P AP Cavaleiro Rita R Gomes Perpétua P Camacho Ricardo R Valadas Emília E Doroana Manuela M Lucas Margarida M Antunes Francisco F Victorino Rui M M RM Sousa Ana E AE
Journal of virology 20101215 5
Viremia is significantly lower in HIV-2 than in HIV-1 infection, irrespective of disease stage. Nevertheless, the comparable proviral DNA burdens observed for these two infections indicate similar numbers of infected cells. Here we investigated this apparent paradox by assessing cell-associated viral replication. We found that untreated HIV-1-positive (HIV-1(+)) and HIV-2(+) individuals, matched for CD4 T cell depletion, exhibited similar gag mRNA levels, indicating that significant viral transc ...[more]