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Technically the virus should be able to reach all the cells, irrespective of whether they’re latent or not I would think but I’m just a lay person.
by soligern 3y ago
Technically the virus should be able to reach all the cells, irrespective of whether they’re latent or not I would think but I’m just a lay person.
- anjel 3y agoLatent HIV infectious reservoir are especially stealthy, when viral titers are undetectable in the blood, its hiding behind the blood brain barrier. "The major reservoirs for HIV in the CNS are in the microglia, perivascular macrophages, and to a lesser extent, astrocytes" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27873219/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27873219/