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Rapid turnover of plasma virions and CD4 lymphocytes in HIV-1 infection

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Treatment of infected patients with ABT-538, an inhibitor of the protease of human immuno-deficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), causes plasma HIV-1 levels to decrease exponentially (mean half-life, 2.1 ±0.4 days) and CD4 lymphocyte counts to rise substantially. Minimum estimates of HIV-1 production and clearance and of CD4 lymphocyte turnover indicate that replication of HIV-1 in vivo is continuous and highly productive, driving the rapid turnover of CD4 lymphocytes.

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Ho, D., Neumann, A., Perelson, A. et al. Rapid turnover of plasma virions and CD4 lymphocytes in HIV-1 infection. Nature 373, 123–126 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/373123a0

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