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Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
Review Article
HIV Latency and Distinct Anatomical Reservoirs: A Systemic Review
Author(s): Satyendra Prakash and Ramendra Kumar Singh*
Although the HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy) a triple form of drugs has exponentially enhanced the
CD4+ T immune cell count in HIV-1 infected patients and has improved the expectancy of many HIV-1 infected
patients’ life. The drug results have also contributed to bringing the plasma virus load up to a clinically undetectable
level in HIV-1 infected patients for several years. However, with these drug interventions, complete eradication or
treatment of the virus is hard to achieve. The primary obstacle that has been raised is the persistence of ongoing viral
replication inside the host CD4+ T immune cells. These infected immune cells can be transformed into the latent
stage (transcriptionally silent) for many years and hardly be targeted by the current HAART-based interventions.
Besides this incredible specialty of the HIV-1 virus, it can also si.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/1948-5964.21.13.224