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DOCN M94A3054
TI Association of proviral load and immune disease.
DT 9412
AU Conway B; Ko DS; Dufour D; Salas T; Montpetit M; U. of Ottawa AIDS
Research Group and Bureau of HIV/AIDS; Laboratories & Research, Ontario,
Canada.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):164 (abstract no. PB0083). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369521
AB OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between circulating proviral
load and the severity of immune disease. METHODS & RESULTS: Mononuclear
cells (MCs) were isolated from 129 HIV-infected individuals and proviral
load (copies/10(6) CD4 cells) measured by quantitative PCR. CD4 cell
counts, in discrete categories, were taken as a measure of immune
disease. TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME. CONCLUSION: A clear
association between proviral load (median & range) and immune disease
category was observed, although the ranges remained quite broad, as we
(and others) have previously demonstrated. When proviral load was
examined as a categorical variable, 20/22 with > 10(4) copies/10(6)
cells had CD4 < 200/microliters, while 27/32 with < 10(3) copies/10(6)
cells had CD4 > 200 microliters. Further work is underway in our centre
to determine if a threshold value for circulating proviral load could be
used as a predictor of clinical and immunologic disease progression.
DE Human HIV/*IMMUNOLOGY HIV
Infections/CLASSIFICATION/DIAGNOSIS/*IMMUNOLOGY
Monocytes/IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY Prognosis Proviruses/*IMMUNOLOGY T4
Lymphocytes/*IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY Virus Replication/IMMUNOLOGY
MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).