Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Sustained Virologic Suppression Reduces HIV-1 DNA Proviral Levels and HIV Antibodies in Perinatally HIV-Infected Children Followed from Birth. |
| Authors: |
Fuller, Trevon, Kerin, Tara, Cortado, Ruth, Benamor Teixeira, Maria de Lourdes, Gouvêa, Maria Isabel Fragoso da Silveira, Moreira, Christianne, Santos Cruz, Maria Leticia, Pilotto, José Henrique, Gomes, Ivete, Santos, Breno, Rocha, Tauí, Soni, Priya R., Joao, Esau, Shin-Sim, Myung, Bryson, Yvonne, Nielsen-Saines, Karin |
| Source: |
Viruses (1999-4915); Nov2022, Vol. 14 Issue 11, p2350, 13p |
| Subject Terms: |
HIV-positive children, HIV antibodies, HIV, DNA, POLYMERASE chain reaction, IMMUNOGLOBULINS, CHILDBIRTH |
| Abstract: |
The extent to which perinatally HIV-infected children, following cART initiation, develop a low proviral reservoir burden over time, as measured by HIV DNA droplet-digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) and the effect on HIV antibody is not well characterized. We measured proviral HIV DNA and plasma RNA virus load (VL) in 37 perinatally HIV-infected children at 6 months of age who initiated stable cART. At 6–11 years of age, HIV proviral DNA, HIV VL (RNA), and HIV antibody by Western Blot (WB) were assessed. CART was initiated before 6 months of age in 13 children and after 6 months in 24. At school age, the HIV DNA levels did not differ by the timing of cART, and the HIV DNA levels were lower in children with negative/indeterminate WB (p = 0.0256). Children with undetectable HIV RNA VL > 50% of the time since cART initiation had lower median DNA VL than children with undetectable VL < 50% of the time (p = 0.07). Long-term viral suppression in perinatally HIV-infected children is associated with a decrease in HIV antibodies and reduced HIV reservoirs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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