Waking Up the Sleepers: HIV Latency and Reactivation

In a patient infected with HIV-1, the presence of latently infected cells from which the virus can be reactivated and rekindle HIV infection in the patient necessitates lifelong administration of antiretroviral treatment. The biology of HIV latency and viral silencing is now becoming clearer at a mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hoi Ping Mok, Andrew Lever
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-12-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664609600139