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High percentages of CD4-positive lymphocytes harbor the HIV-1 provirus in the blood of certain infected individuals

DOI

41

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0

References

1993

Year

Omar Bagasra, Thikkavarapu Seshamma, Joseph W. Oakes, Roger J. Pomerantz
AIDS

Abstract

These data suggest that, in certain infected individuals, high levels of CD4-positive lymphocytes may harbor the HIV-1 provirus. Thus, the levels of infected lymphocytes are consistent with possible direct effects of HIV-1 on lymphocyte depletion in vivo.