title: Long-term nonprogressors and elite controllers in the ANRS CO5 HIV-2 cohort.
abstract: Among 342 HIV-2-infected patients of the ANRS CO5 HIV-2 cohort, the prevalence of long-term nonprogressors (LTNPs) (i.e. asymptomatic for at least 8 years while maintaining CD4 cell count at least 500 cells/μl) and of HIV controllers (i.e. controlling HIV replication in the absence of antiretroviral treatment for at least 10 years) was 6.1% (95% confidence interval 3.9-9.1) and 9.1% (6.3-12.7), respectively. Most LTNPs (81%) were HIV controllers, whereas only 55% of HIV controllers were LTNPs.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U, Bordeaux Segalen University, ISPED, France. rodolphe.thiebaut@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thiébaut
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matheron
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taieb
authors.forename: Francoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brun-Vezinet
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chêne
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Autran
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D018450:Disease Progression; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D016097:Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000821:virology*; D019562:Viral Load