A. Lafeuillade et al., HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE-1 KINETICS IN LYMPH-NODES COMPARED WITH PLASMA, The Journal of infectious diseases, 174(2), 1996, pp. 404-407
As lymphoid organs are the major reservoir of human immunodeficiency v
irus type 1 (HIV-1), the rates at which HIV-1 RNA decreases from the p
lasma and from a series of lymph node biopsies from 4 patients treated
with a combination of zidovudine, didanosine, and lamivudine were mea
sured. The concentrations of HIV-1 RNA in the plasma and in lymph node
s declined exponentially, with mean half-lives of 1.88 +/- 0.86 days f
or plasma and 6.01 +/- 3.44 days for lymph nodes. These data show that
most of the HIV-1 in lymphoid organs is due to the infection of new c
ells and demonstrate that a triple-drug combination is able to target
this compartment.