title: Viral dynamics in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
abstract: The dynamics of HIV-1 replication in vivo are largely unknown yet they are critical to our understanding of disease pathogenesis. Experimental drugs that are potent inhibitors of viral replication can be used to show that the composite lifespan of plasma virus and virus-producing cells is remarkably short (half-life approximately 2 days). Almost complete replacement of wild-type virus in plasma by drug-resistant variants occurs after fourteen days, indicating that HIV-1 viraemia is sustained primarily by a dynamic process involving continuous rounds of de novo virus infection and replication and rapid cell turnover.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Emini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deutsch
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lifson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonhoeffer
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001483:Base Sequence; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D002470:Cell Survival; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000235:genetics; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D014766:Viremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D004279:DNA, Viral; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors; D012367:RNA, Viral; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase