mBio (Apr 2021)

Early Emergence and Long-Term Persistence of HIV-Infected T-Cell Clones in Children

  • Michael J. Bale,
  • Mary Grace Katusiime,
  • Daria Wells,
  • Xiaolin Wu,
  • Jonathan Spindler,
  • Elias K. Halvas,
  • Joshua C. Cyktor,
  • Ann Wiegand,
  • Wei Shao,
  • Mark F. Cotton,
  • Stephen H. Hughes,
  • John W. Mellors,
  • John M. Coffin,
  • Gert U. Van Zyl,
  • Mary F. Kearney

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00568-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

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HIV-1 integrates its genome into the DNA of host cells. Consequently, HIV-1 genomes are copied with the host cell DNA during cellular division.