title: Electromagnetic detection of HIV DNA in the blood of AIDS patients treated by antiretroviral therapy.
abstract: Electromagnetic signals of low frequency have been shown to be durably produced in aqueous dilutions of the Human Imunodeficiency Virus DNA. In vivo, HIV DNA signals are detected only in patients previously treated by antiretroviral therapy and having no detectable viral RNA copies in their blood. We suggest that the treatment of AIDS patients pushes the virus towards a new mode of replication implying only DNA, thus forming a reservoir insensitive to retroviral inhibitors. Implications for new approaches aimed at eradicating HIV infection are discussed.
authors.affiliation: World Foundation for AIDS research and Prevention (UNESCO), 1 rue Miollis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Montagnier
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aïssa
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lavallée
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mbamy
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varon
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chenal
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000465:Algorithms; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000821:virology; D006678:HIV / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents; D004279:DNA, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral