Low peripheral blood viral HIV-2 RNA in individuals with high CD4 percentage differentiates HIV-2 from HIV-1 infection. - Concepedia

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Low peripheral blood viral HIV-2 RNA in individuals with high CD4 percentage differentiates HIV-2 from HIV-1 infection.

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1999

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Neil Berry, Koya Ariyoshi, Shabbar Jaffar, S Sabally, Tumani Corrah, Richard S. Tedder, H Whittle

Abstract

The lower levels of virion expression of HIV-2 infections in vivo are compatible with observed differences in the natural history of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections, relating to overall differences in the pathogenesis and disease progression of the two infections.