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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
To understand the pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus-induced neuropathology, it is critical to know the dynamics of viral replication in the central nervous system. Viral decay kinetics were mathematically analyzed from multiple serial specimens of ventricular cerebrospinal fluid and plasma during antiretroviral therapy in a patient with asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection and an external ventricular catheter for hydrocephalus. A rapid exponential decay of virus with an elimination half-life of 4.2 days in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid and 2.3 days in plasma was found. Sequencing the V3 loop-encoding envelope gene of virus in both compartments revealed high sequence homology. The combined data suggest that virus in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid is at least partly contributed by rapidly replicating virus-producing cells recruited from the circulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0364-5134
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
816-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Rapid clearance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 from ventricular cerebrospinal fluid during antiretroviral treatment.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Hamburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't