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> we saw a clear increase in [the] virus in [blood] plasma Couldn't this be due to the virus actually multiplying instead of waking up?
by fgtx 11y ago
> we saw a clear increase in [the] virus in [blood] plasma
Couldn't this be due to the virus actually multiplying instead of waking up?
- danieltillett 11y agoTechnically to get HIV reproduction you need to wake up the virus, but if you are seeing more reproduction while the patient is on very effective HAART then it is not a good sign. What you want to see is a reduction in the integrated HIV (i.e. HIV DNA). Unfortunately, even with much stronger drugs this was not seen even after 8 weeks (see my main post above for the references).