TY - JOUR. T1 - Predicting Viral Failure in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Perinatally Infected Youth with Persistent Low-Level Viremia on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. AU - Pereira, Ruth. AU - Ludwig, David A.. AU - Mathew, Sunil. AU - Flores, Claudia. AU - Dominguez, Sady. AU - Gonzalez, Ivan. AU - Rivera-Hernandez, Delia. AU - Scott, Gwendolyn B.. AU - Mitchell, Charles D.. PY - 2019/1/18. Y1 - 2019/1/18. N2 - Background: Less than optimal adherence with antiretroviral therapy occurs commonly among human immunodeficiency virus HIV)-infected youth. In this study, our object was to identify patterns in the prefailure measurement of viral load (VL) that can reliably predict virological failure (VF) in HIV perinatally infected youth on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of HIV-infected youth with low-level viremia (LLV), defined as an HIV VL between the lower limits of detection (20-75 copies/mL) and 1000 copies/mL. All patients ...

In 2 separate experiments the blood-feeding fly Haematobia thirouxi potans (Bezzi) failed to transmit foot and- mouth disease virus when transferred from viraemic (log 2,6 - log 4,3 MLD₅₀ or TCID₅₀/ml) to susceptible cattle. Each experiment involved 2 susceptible and 2 viraemic animals housed in separate stables and 2000 - 4000 flies of which most had fed on viraemic hosts 120 min prior to transfer. Furthermore, only minimal quantities of virus were isolated from free-living flies captured on experimentally infected buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the acute stages of infection ...

EBV viremia occurs frequently after transplantation and can be related to post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD). However, the consequences of the majority of viremia are unclear. Barnoulid et al. followed EBV viral loads in 383 kidney transplant patients during the first year post-transplant. 40% of patients had at least one detected viremia; viremia was more common in EBV mismatched patients and those that received ATG. While these risk factors for EBV are well known, the authors also found that EBV infection was associated with opportunistic infection and graft loss. This study adds to our knowledge on EBV although further work is necessary to determine what to do with patients who had chronic low level viremia.. ...

A reliable method for the quantitation of plasma viremia in nonhuman primates infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) and related viruses is described. This method is based on an established quantitative-competitive PCR format and includes a truncated control for internal assay calibration. Optimization of assay conditions has significantly improved amplification specificity, and interassay variability is comparable to that of commercially available assays for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) quantitation. This procedure was used to monitor viral loads in a group of Macaca mulatta animals that were infected with SIVsmE660 for over 2 years. Highly diverse profiles of plasma viremia were observed among animals, and high viral loads were associated with more rapid disease progression. Spearman rank correlation analyses were done for survival versus three parameters of viral load: plasma viremia, p27 core antigen, and frequency of infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Plasma ...

It remains unclear if intensification is indicated to treat persistent HBV viremia despite TDF therapy. The rationale for intensification is twofold; to prevent drug resistance and to reduce the adverse outcomes associated with HBV viremia. The pattern of 3TC-associated pol mutations encountered in this series suggests that development of 3TC mutations is not common in the presence of TDF and is contrary to what is seen with 3TC monotherapy, where the majority of patients develop 3TC resistance over time.5 There seems to be no emergence of TDF resistance, despite persistent viremia in the presence of drug pressure. The second rationale for intensification is the putative clinical benefit of suppression of HBV viremia below the limit of detection. High levels of HBV viremia are associated with hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatic fibrosis,12 and even lower levels of detectable HBV DNA confer an elevated risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, liver damage, and death.13,14 HIV-uninfected patients ...

This high-throughput screening approach reliably identified HCV RNA extracted from DBSs prepared using whole blood, with a 95% limit of detection of 1196 (95% confidence interval [CI], 866-2280) IU/mL for individual 6-mm punches and 494 (95% CI, 372-1228) IU/mL for larger 12-mm punches. Fifteen infections were identified among samples from the DRC Demographic and Health Survey; the weighted country-wide prevalence of HCV viremia was 0.9% (95% CI, 0.3%-1.6%) among adults ≥40 years of age and 0.7% (95% CI, .6%-.8%) among human immunodeficiency virus-infected subjects. All successfully genotyped cases were due to genotype 4 infection.. Conclusions ...

Virologic and immunologic studies were performed on five patients presenting with primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) precursors specific for cells expressing antigens of HIV-1 Gag, Pol, and Env were detected at or within 3 weeks of presentation in four of the five patients and were detected in all five patients by 3 to 6 months after presentation. The one patient with an absent initial CTL response had prolonged symptoms, persistent viremia, and low CD4+ T-cell count. Neutralizing antibody activity was absent at the time of presentation in all five patients. These findings suggest that cellular immunity is involved in the initial control of virus replication in primary HIV-1 infection and indicate a role for CTL in protective immunity to HIV-1 in vivo. ...

We demonstrated that HIV-specific CD8+ T cells exhibit a delay in expansion and differentiation before peak viremia in AHI stages 1 and 2 on the first 18 days of HIV infection. These cells, although generated as early as stage 1, are not expanding fast enough and are not acquiring effector functions to control HIV replication. These results echo the previously reported SIV-specific CD8+ T cell responses characterized in the mucosa early after SIV challenge described as too little, too late to control viral replication in the early stages of infection (48, 49). After this initial lag period, HIV-specific CD8+ T cells expand massively and become fully differentiated in AHI stage 3 corresponding to peak viremia about 19 days after HIV infection, concomitant or just after the systemic proinflammatory cytokine burst (50). This full differentiation allows them to kill effectively HIV-producing cells when ART is initiated shortly after this expansion. However, when treatment is not initiated at that ...

African children diagnosed with HIV infection late in disease have a mortality rate often exceeding 20%, and there is an urgent need for novel strategies to improve their prognosis. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, and plasma CMV viral load are risk factors for accelerated HIV progression. Additionally, CMV reactivation occurs in up to a third of critically ill non-immunosuppressed patients, and is associated with mortality. This study will focus on CMV viremia in a cohort of children diagnosed with HIV infection while critically ill with aims to determine the impact of CMV viremia on mortality and duration of hospitalization (Aim 1), response to antiretroviral therapy initiation (Aim 2), and Immune activation and inflammation (Aim 3).. ...

African children diagnosed with HIV infection late in disease have a mortality rate often exceeding 20%, and there is an urgent need for novel strategies to improve their prognosis. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, and plasma CMV viral load are risk factors for accelerated HIV progression. Additionally, CMV reactivation occurs in up to a third of critically ill non-immunosuppressed patients, and is associated with mortality. This study will focus on CMV viremia in a cohort of children diagnosed with HIV infection while critically ill with aims to determine the impact of CMV viremia on mortality and duration of hospitalization (Aim 1), response to antiretroviral therapy initiation (Aim 2), and Immune activation and inflammation (Aim 3).. ...

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Despite the emergence of high level drug resistance in HIV-infected patients on stable antiretroviral therapy, plasma HIV RNA levels generally remain below the pretherapy viral load set-point. The virologic and immunologic determinants of this lower steady state level of viremia have not been defined. Preliminary data indicate that: 1) drug resistant variants have reduced replicative capacity and pathogenic potential; 2) drug resistant viremia is associated with reduced T cell activation and turnover compared to wild-type viremia; and 3) patients with low level drug resistant viremia often have HIV-specific CD4 cells that are absent in patients with higher levels of viremia. This study will investigate whether the emergence of a poorly fit, drug resistant variant results in the generation of an effective HIV-specific CD4 cell response and if this response contributes to the establishment of a lower steady state level of viremia.. Participants in this study will be followed for 2 years or until ...

The release of liver aminotransferase into blood circulation following liver cell damage or lysis of hepatocytes is believed to be mostly associated with cell mediated immunity rather than the cytopathic effect of the virus [26]. This liver cell death may be either via apoptosis or via necrosis. Apoptosis in infected hepatocytes (orchestrated by T-cytotoxic cells via the perforin/granzyme pathway) is characterized by little or no cell content spillage into the circulation (following death) since the apoptotic bodies are usually phagocytosed and internally destroyed by macrophages unlike in necrosis where the cells experience unfavourable conditions, swell and burst releasing their content into the circulation. [27]. With this in mind, one may expect to find more AST and ALT in circulation following necrosis rather than apoptosis. However, there is still a challenge in determining which modes of cell death predominate in various forms of liver disease and injury. Apoptosis and necrosis frequently ...

Measles viremia is thought to peak at onset of rash and diminish rapidly over the subsequent 2-3 days. The length of viremia and the proportion of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) infected during measles were investigated in 8 adults. Blood was obtained from 7 patients between days 2 and 4 …

Members of the JIKI Study Group reported inconclusive and varied results for use of the antiviral medication favipiravir to treat Ebola virus disease, according to a study yesterday in PLOS Medicine.. The JIKI (hope in the Malinke language) study was a multicenter, nonrandomized trial in which 126 Ebola patients in Guinea received favipiravir and standard care. Because of the perception that randomizing patients to case and control groups was unethical in the situation, data from 99 of the cases were compared with data from historical controls.. Investigators found that administration of favipiravir was ineffective in patients with very high viremia (ie, baseline cycle threshold [Ct] value of less than 20). Among 44 subjects with very high viremia who received favipiravir, the mortality rate was 91% (95% confidence interval [CI], 78.8%-91.1%). The mortality rate for people with very high viremia and high baseline creatinine levels (110 mcmol/L or more) was 97%.. Among 55 subjects with moderate ...

IL28B-CC genotype and 12-month postpartum undetectable viremia were the best predictors for viral decline and subsequent clearance. These 2 predictors should influence clinical decision making.

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Vaccination with UNISTRAIN® PRRS significantly reduced the viral load in sera, the number of viraemic piglets and the length of the viraemia after a heterologous PRRS challenge with a pathogenic Spanish strain. Moreover, vaccination with UNISTRAIN® PRRS significantly reduced the amount of virus excreted, the number of piglets excreting virus and also the duration of viral excretion in saliva after challenge. Therefore, UNISTRAIN® PRRS is a useful tool to reduce the transmission of PRRS virus within and between pig populations.. ...

Background: Interferon-α (IFN-α) treatment suppresses HIV-1 viremia and reduces the size of the HIV-1 latent reservoir. Therefore, investigation of the molecular and immunologic effects of IFN-α may provide insights that contribute to the development of ...

Background: Interferon-α (IFN-α) treatment suppresses HIV-1 viremia and reduces the size of the HIV-1 latent reservoir. Therefore, investigation of the molecular and immunologic effects of IFN-α may provide insights that contribute to the development of ...

Factors determining the course of BK viral (BKV) infection remain uncertain. We studied the role of BKV subtype distribution in BKV-infected patients after renal transplantation.-. We performed genotyping of BKV subtypes in 180 BKV-infected renal transplant recipients with BKV nephropathy (BKVN, n=69), BKV viremia (n=94), BKV viruria alone (n=17), and in 29 healthy adults and 11 dialysis patients with spontaneous BKV replication in urine. We then tested, if the frquency of certain subtypes corresponded to the severity of the infection: BKV nephropathy, BKV high viremia (,10000 copies/mL), or BKV low viremia (,10000 copies/mL). -. Ib-2 was the most frequent BKV subtype (135/220. 61%) and subtype IV the second in frequency (50/220, 23%); Ib-1 (10%), Ia (5%), II and III (1%) were less frequent. Subtype IV-infected patients had more often BKVN and/or high viremia of ,10000 copies/mL than patients with other subtypes (31/38 versus 78/125, p=0.02). Patients with low viremia of ,10000 copies/mL were ...

A persistent tick-borne encephalitis virus infection in an immune-suppressed patient is presented. Such an unusual clinical case offers the unique chance of detecting persistent viremia associated to the erythrocyte fraction and shedding of the virus in the urine for more than six weeks. The infection occurred in a new area of the Friuli Venezia-Giulia region (North Eastern Italy) where two additional cases are also being reported.. ...

BACKGROUND. Several studies have reported on an association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody status and the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD), but the role of HCV viremia and genotype are not well defined.. METHODS. Patients with at least three serum creatinine measurements after 1 January 2004 and known HCV antibody status were included. Baseline was defined as the first eligible estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (Cockcroft-Gault equation), and CKD was either a confirmed (,3 months apart) eGFR of 60 ml/min per 1.73 m or less for patients with a baseline eGFR more than 60 ml/min per 1.73 m or a confirmed 25% decline in eGFR for patients with a baseline eGFR of 60 ml/min per 1.73 m or less. Incidence rates of CKD were compared between HCV groups (anti-HCV-negative, anti-HCV-positive with or without viremia) using Poisson regression.. RESULTS. Of 8235 patients with known anti-HCV status, 2052 (24.9%) were anti-HCV-positive of whom 983 (47.9%) were HCV-RNA-positive, 193 ...

Molecular characterization of the SLA (Swine Leukocyte Antigen) genes is important for understanding the immune responses between swine-donor and human-recipient in course of xenotransplantation. Explanation of association between alleles of SLA class I genes, type of pigs genetic modification, the PERV viral titer, and its subtypes may shed light on the nature of xenograft acceptance or rejection and the safety of xenotransplantation. No significant differences in PERV gag RNA level between transgenic and non-transgenic pigs were noted, likewise the type of applied transgene had no impact on PERV viremia. Type of SLA-1 gene profile may correspond with PERVs level in blood and thereby influence on their infectiveness. Screening tests of pigs should also enable selection of animals with low expression of PERV and exclusion specimens with PERV-C in the genome due to possible recombination between A and C subtypes, which may lead to autoinfection. 31.25% of study specimens shows the presence of ...

Little is known about associations between viral suppression, adherence, and duration of prior viral suppression in sub-Saharan Africa. Study participants were from the UARTO study in Mbarara, Uganda. We fit regression models to characterize relationships between average adherence, treatment interruptions, and rebound viremia (,400 copies/mL) following a previously undetectable result. Our goal was to understand the impact of prior viral suppression on these relationships. 396 participants contributed 2864 quarterly visits. Restricted to periods with average adherence ,50 %, each 10 % increase in adherence reduced the odds of rebound viremia by 74 % [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 0.26, P = 0.002] and 29 % (AOR = 0.71, P = 0.057) during the first 12 months of suppression and beyond 12 months respectively, interaction term P = 0.018. Among periods with adherence ≥50 %, the risk of rebound viremia decreased with increasing adherence during the first 12 months of viral suppression (AOR = 0.73 for ...

Rajesh Gandhi and colleagues detect no significant reduction in viral load after people with low-level HIV viremia had an integrase inhibitor added to their treatment regimen

FREE FULLTEXT Lester, Richard T; Yao, Xiao-Dan; Ball, T Blake; McKinnon, Lyle R; Kaul, Rupert; Wachihi, Charles; Jaoko, Walter; Plummer, Francis A; Rosenthal, Kenneth L Free Access Article Outline Abstract Objectives: Toll-like receptors (TLR) are important in pathogen recognition and may play a role in HIV disease. We evaluated the effect of chronic untreated and…

It remains controversial whether current antiretroviral therapy (ART) fully suppresses the cycles of HIV replication and viral evolution in vivo. If replication persists in sanctuary sites such as the lymph nodes, a high priority should be placed on improving ART regimes to target these sites. To investigate the question of ongoing viral replication on current ART regimens, we analyzed HIV populations in longitudinal samples from 10 HIV-1-infected children who initiated ART when viral diversity was low. Eight children started ART at less than ten months of age and showed suppression of plasma viremia for seven to nine years. Two children had uncontrolled viremia for fifteen and thirty months, respectively, before viremia suppression, and served as positive controls for HIV replication and evolution. These latter 2 children showed clear evidence of virus evolution, whereas multiple methods of analysis bore no evidence of virus evolution in any of the 8 children with viremia suppression on ART. ...

The evolution of the HIV-specific CD8+ T cell response in patients receiving potent combination therapy has been well documented in adult patients. However, no study reported whether baseline HIV-specific CD8+ T cell response is linked to treatment outcome. The aims of this study were to investigate both the impact of baseline memory cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) on treatment outcome and the effect of potent therapy on memory HIV-specific CTL in HIV-1-infected pediatric patients. The study group comprised 30 children who started a first-line combination treatment including at least three drugs from two different classes and were longitudinally followed during treatment. Their memory HIV-specific responses were measured at baseline and during treatment, as well as their plasma viremia and CD4+ levels. The intensity of memory Gag-specific CTL and the breadth of the CTL response at the beginning of treatment were significantly correlated with lower plasma viral load during treatment, independently of

In evaluating current combination drug regimens for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, it is important to determine the existence of viral reservoirs. After depletion of CD8 cells from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of both patients and normal donors, activation of patient CD4 lymphocytes with immobilized antibodies to CD3 and CD28 enabled the isolation of virus from PBMCs of six patients despite the suppression of their plasma HIV RNA to fewer than 50 copies per milliliter for up to 2 years. Partial sequencing of HIV pol revealed no new drug resistance mutations or discernible evolution, providing evidence for viral latency rather than drug failure. ...

Despite the combined antiretroviral therapy has improved the length and quality of life of HIV infected patients, the survival of these patients is always decreased compared with the general population. This is the consequence of non-infectious illnesses including cardio vascular diseases. In fact large studies have indicated an increased risk of coronary atherosclerotic disease, myocardial infarction even in HIV patients on cART. In HIV infected patients several factors may contribute to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular problems: life-style, metabolic parameters, genetic predisposition, viral factors, immune activation, chronic inflammation and side effects of antiretroviral therapy. The same factors may also contribute to complicate the clinical management of these patients. Therefore, treatment of these non-infectious illnesses in HIV infected population is an emerging challenge for physicians. The purpose of this review is to focus on the new insights in non AIDS-related cardiovascular diseases in

Nobivac FeLV is a feline leukemia vaccine labeled to prevent persistent viremia for 2 years after vaccination. Also aids in the prevention of lymphoid tumors.

All acute hepatitis infections will have DNA or RNA in the serum. The TMA goes down to 5 copies but is not necessary to make the diagnosis. The viral loads during acute infections are extremely...

Moraka NO, Moyo S, Mayondi G, Leidner J, Ibrahim M, Smith C, Weinberg A, Li S, Thami PK, Kammerer B, Ajibola G, Musonda R, Shapiro R, Gaseitsiwe S, Lockman S. Cytomegalovirus Viremia in HIV-1 Subtype C Positive Women at Delivery in Botswana and Adverse Birth/Infant Health Outcomes. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 05 01; 81(1):118-124 ...

CMVQN : Detection and quantification of cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia   Monitoring CMV disease progression and response to antiviral therapy

2.7 × 10-77) between the initial viremia of survivors (4.02 log10 genome equivalents [GEQ]/ml) and nonsurvivors (6.18 log10 GEQ/ml). At the population level, patient viral loads were higher on average in July than in November, even when accounting for outcome and time since onset of symptoms. This decrease in viral loads temporally correlated with an increase in circulating EBOV-specific IgG antibodies among individuals who were suspected of being infected but shown to be negative for the virus by PCR.. CONCLUSIONS. Our results indicate that initial viremia is associated with outcome of the individual and outbreak duration; therefore, care must be taken in planning clinical trials and interventions. Additional research in virus adaptation and the impacts of host factors on EBOV transmission and pathogenesis is needed.. ...

Data were presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT and SETGyC Collaborative Congress) which is being held in Madrid from October 25-28, 2013.. These data demonstrate that sustained functional control of HIV in the absence of ART is possible with a single SB-728-T treatment, stated Geoff Nichol, M.B., Ch.B., Sangamos executive vice president of research and development. Our aim is to provide a population of immune memory cells that are protected from HIV infection and are capable of generating an effective immune response against the virus throughout the body. These data represent a further step toward demonstrating the efficacy and durability of this therapeutic approach.. Dr. Nichol added, We continue to follow these Cohort 5 subjects and look forward to presenting a complete data set from this study, and a second ongoing trial (SB-728-1101), designed to maximize the engraftment of SB-728-T in subjects who are not CCR5 delta-32 heterozygotes, ...

The initial antibody response to HIV-1 is targeted to envelope (Env) gp41, and is nonneutralizing and ineffective in controlling viremia. To understand the origins and characteristics of gp41-binding antibodies produced ...

A few years back, I had it bad. I was clinically depressed, and all of the sorrows and tortured issues of my life came flooding back to me, and I wanted to die. I just wanted everything to be over. I wanted to lose all the pain and heartache and self-pity. And one domino kept knocking down another. A girl rejected me. A friend abandoned me. A test was nearly too hard for me. And things just got worse and worse and worse, till I very sternly questioned what it was that made me get out of bed and bother to be alive ...

Carica papaya leaf juice (CPLJ) was well known for its thrombocytosis activity in rodents and dengue patients. However, the effect of CPLJ treatment on other parameters that could contribute to dengue pathogenesis such as nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) production and viremia level have never been highlighted in any clinical and in vivo studies. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of freeze-dried CPLJ treatment on NS1 and viremia levels of dengue fever mouse model. The dengue infection in mouse model was established by inoculation of non-mouse adapted New Guinea C strain dengue virus (DEN-2) in AG129 mice. The freeze-dried CPLJ compounds were identified by Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography High Resolution Accurate Mass Spectrometry analysis. The infected AG129 mice were orally treated with 500 mg/kg/day and 1000 mg/kg/day of freeze-dried CPLJ, starting on day 1 post infection for 3 consecutive days. The blood samples were collected from submandibular vein for plasma NS1 assay and

Carica papaya leaf juice (CPLJ) was well known for its thrombocytosis activity in rodents and dengue patients. However, the effect of CPLJ treatment on other parameters that could contribute to dengue pathogenesis such as nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) production and viremia level have never been highlighted in any clinical and in vivo studies. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of freeze-dried CPLJ treatment on NS1 and viremia levels of dengue fever mouse model. The dengue infection in mouse model was established by inoculation of non-mouse adapted New Guinea C strain dengue virus (DEN-2) in AG129 mice. The freeze-dried CPLJ compounds were identified by Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography High Resolution Accurate Mass Spectrometry analysis. The infected AG129 mice were orally treated with 500 mg/kg/day and 1000 mg/kg/day of freeze-dried CPLJ, starting on day 1 post infection for 3 consecutive days. The blood samples were collected from submandibular vein for plasma NS1 assay and

Carica papaya leaf juice (CPLJ) was well known for its thrombocytosis activity in rodents and dengue patients. However, the effect of CPLJ treatment on other parameters that could contribute to dengue pathogenesis such as nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) production and viremia level have never been highlighted in any clinical and in vivo studies. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of freeze-dried CPLJ treatment on NS1 and viremia levels of dengue fever mouse model. The dengue infection in mouse model was established by inoculation of non-mouse adapted New Guinea C strain dengue virus (DEN-2) in AG129 mice. The freeze-dried CPLJ compounds were identified by Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography High Resolution Accurate Mass Spectrometry analysis. The infected AG129 mice were orally treated with 500 mg/kg/day and 1000 mg/kg/day of freeze-dried CPLJ, starting on day 1 post infection for 3 consecutive days. The blood samples were collected from submandibular vein for plasma NS1 assay and

Background. In the past 20 years, BK virus has emerged as a cause of early graft dysfunction after kidney transplantation. In the setting of chronic immunosuppression (IS), the latent virus can reactivate, leading to BK viremia (10-20%) and in 1-10% of kidney transplant recipients to BK virus nephropathy (BKVN). The early detection of BK viremia by serum DNA PCR screening allows prompt but controlled reduction of IS, which, despite numerous attempts to find specific antiviral agents, remains the mainstay therapy. So far, besides potent IS, no risk factor has been consistently associated with BK viremia/BKVN. The use of a ureteral stent at the time of transplantation to protect the ureterovesical anastomosis has been described as a potential trigger. In this study, we aimed at defining the incidence and kinetics of BK viremia in our local cohort of kidney transplant recipients, and analysed potential predictors of BK viremia/BKVN, including ureteral stents. Methods. We performed a singl

To examine the prognosis of patients who present with very advanced HIV-induced immunodeficiency, and their response to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), a series of 101 treatment naïve patients from the Serbian cohort of HIV infected patients, who presented with a CD4 count of ≤ 50/µL before commencing HAART, was retrospectively analyzed and factors influencing response to HAART and survival investigated. After a mean of three years (range 1-9) of treatment with PI-based and/or NNRTI-based regimens, a favorable response was achieved in 54.5% of the patients, treatment failure occurred in 13.9%, while 31.7% had a dissociative immunological/virological response. The overall estimated survival was eight years. Achievement of undetectable viremia during treatment appeared life saving (OR = 42.5, 95% CI 7.1 - 251.9, P = 0.000, as was a rise in CD4 cell count to over 200/μL (OR = 6.4, 95% CI 1.2- 31.8, P = 0.023). However, undetectable viremia was the single predictor of longer ...

Breadth and magnitude of antigen-specific antibody responses in the control of plasma viremia in simian immunodeficiency virus infected macaques. . Biblioteca virtual para leer y descargar libros, documentos, trabajos y tesis universitarias en PDF. Material universiario, documentación y tareas realizadas por universitarios en nuestra biblioteca. Para descargar gratis y para leer online.

A total of 102 patients (51 per group) received the first vaccination, and 91 (89.2%) received both vaccinations (46 Triplex and 45 placebo). Reactivation of CMV occurred in 5 Triplex (9.8%) and 10 placebo (19.6%) recipients (hazard ratio, 0.46 [95% CI, 0.16 to 1.4]; P = 0.075). No Triplex recipient died of nonrelapse causes during the first 100 days or had serious AEs, and no grade 3 or 4 AEs related to vaccination were observed within 2 weeks after vaccination. Incidence of severe acute GVHD after injection was similar between groups (hazard ratio, 1.1 [CI, 0.53 to 2.4]; P = 0.23). Levels of long-lasting, pp65-specific T cells with effector memory phenotype were significantly higher in Triplex than placebo recipients ...

BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific CD8(+) responses contribute to the decline in acute peak viremia following infection. However, data on the relative immunogenicity of CD8(+) T-cell epitopes during and after acute viremia are lacking.. METHODS: We characterized CD8(+) T-cell responses in 20 acutely infected, antiretroviral-naive individuals with HIV-1 subtype C infection using the interferon-γ enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assay. Eleven of these had not fully seroconverted at the time of analysis. Viruses from plasma were sequenced within defined cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) cell epitopes for selected subjects.. RESULTS: At approximately 28 days after estimated initial infection, CD8(+) T-cell responses were directed against an average of 3 of the 410 peptides tested (range, 0-6); 2 individuals had no detectable responses at this time. At 18 weeks, the average number of peptides targeted had increased to 5 (range 0-11). Of the 56 optimal Gag CTL epitopes ...

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The mechanisms underlying the regulation of immune activation and immune exhaustion of T cells are unclear. Tregs have been investigated in HIV-1-infected subjects with conflicting results. Our data suggest that exhausted T cells are not only associated with hyperactivated T cells but also with reduced numbers of Tregs. When we determined the CD4+CD25bright FoxP3+ Treg population in proportion to CD4+CD25bright FoxP3 negative non-Treg activated CD4 T cells, we noted that the proportions were altered in favor of the non-Treg-activated CD4 T cells in HIV-positive subjects. In this analysis, however, the changes observed in Treg frequency could have simply been a consequence of changes in activated CD4+ T-cell frequency. On the other hand, the percentage of Tregs in the total CD4+ T-cell population of the viremic patients was also significantly lower as compared with aviremic patients and to healthy controls. As activated CD8 T cells were also clearly higher in viremic patients, this provides ...

In vivo blockade of CD28 and CD40 T cell costimulation pathways during acute simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection of rhesus macaques was performed to assess the relative contributions of CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, and Ab responses in modulating SIV replication and disease progression. Transient administration of CTLA4-Ig and anti-CD40L mAb to SIV-infected rhesus macaques resulted in dramatic inhibition of the generation of both SIV-specific cellular and humoral immune responses. Acute levels of proliferating CD8+ T cells were associated with early control of SIV viremia but did not predict ensuing set point viremia or survival. The level of in vivo CD4+ T cell proliferation during acute SIV infection correlated with concomitant peak levels of SIV plasma viremia, whereas measures of in vivo CD4+ T cell proliferation that extended into chronic infection correlated with lower SIV viral load and increased survival. These results suggest that proliferating CD4+ T cells function both as ...

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IntroductionUnderstanding the mechanisms by which some individuals are able to naturally control HIV-1 infection is an important goal of AIDS research. We here describe the case of an HIV-1+ woman, CASE1, who has spontaneously controlled her viremia for the last 14 of her 20 years of infection.MethodsCASE1 has been clinically monitored since 1993. Detailed immunological, virological and histological analyses were performed on samples obtained between 2009 and 2011.ResultsAs for other Elite Controllers, CASE1 is characterized by low to undetectable levels of plasma HIV-1 RNA, peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) associated HIV-1 DNA a reduced in vitro susceptibility of target cells to HIV-1 infection. Furthermore, a slow rate of virus evolution was demonstrated in spite the lack of assumption of any antiretroviral agent. CASE1 failed to transmit HIV-1 to either her sexual male partner or to her child born by vaginal delivery. Normal values and ratios of T and B cells were observed, along with ...

In HIV-1 infection, a population of latently infected cells facilitates viral persistence despite antiretroviral therapy (ART). With the aim of identifying individuals in whom ART might induce a period of viraemic control on stopping therapy, we hypothesised that quantification of the pool of latently infected cells in primary HIV-1 infection (PHI) would predict clinical progression and viral replication following ART. We measured HIV-1 DNA in a highly characterised randomised population of individuals with PHI. We explored associations between HIV-1 DNA and immunological and virological markers of clinical progression, including viral rebound in those interrupting therapy. In multivariable analyses, HIV-1 DNA was more predictive of disease progression than plasma viral load and, at treatment interruption, predicted time to plasma virus rebound. HIV-1 DNA may help identify individuals who could safely interrupt ART in future HIV-1 eradication trials.

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ART blocks infection of new cells but has no impact on cells already infected with latent or active proviruses. Broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (bnMAb) may promote clearance of viremia and virus-expressing cells through antibody-dependent mechanisms. We evaluated whether the CD4-binding site bnMAb VRC01 affects HIV persistence in chronically-infected individuals on ART.. A5342 was a phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel arm study. Participants with ART-suppressed viremia (,40 copies/ml) were randomized to Arm A: 2 infusions of VRC01 (40 mg/kg) at entry and week 3 and 2 infusions of placebo (saline) at weeks 6 and 9; or Arm B: 2 infusions of placebo at entry and week 3 and 2 infusions of VRC01 at weeks 6 and 9. Primary outcomes were safety and change in cell-associated HIV RNA/DNA ratio (CAR/CAD) from baseline (BL) to week 6. Plasma viremia (single copy HIV RNA assay [SCA]) and PMA/ionomycin-stimulated virus production (HIV RNA copies/ml) from CD4+T-cells were ...

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The question of when antiretroviral therapy has to be initiated remains a challenging issue. Recent studies show that the early immune response to HIV-1 infection is likely to be an important factor in determining the clinical course of disease [1]. The first weeks following HIV-1 transmission are extremely dynamic. They are associated with rapid damage to generative immune cell micro-environments and with immune responses that partially control the virus. Following HIV-1 infection, the virus first replicates locally in the mucosa and then is transported to draining lymph nodes where further amplification occurs. This initial phase of infection, until the systemic viral dissemination begins, constitutes the eclipse phase [1]. In general, there is an exponential increase in plasma viremia with a peak 21-28 days after infection. By this time, significant depletion of mucosal CD4+T cells has already occurred. Around the time of peak viremia, patients may become symptomatic and reservoirs of latent ...

Evidence Before this Study: T cells play an important role in the control of HIV infection and may be particularly useful for HIV-1 cure by killing cells with reactivated HIV-1. Evidence is emerging that not all T-cell responses are protective and mainly only those targeting conserved regions of HIV-1 proteins are effective, but typically immunologically subdominant, while those recognizing hypervariable, easy-to-escape immunodominant decoys do not control viremia and do not protect from a loss of CD4 T cells. We pioneered a vaccine strategy focusing T-cell responses on the most conserved regions of the HIV-1 proteome using an immunogen designated HIVconsv. T cells elicited by the HIVconsv vaccines in HIV-uninfected UK and Kenyan adults inhibited in vitro replication of HIV-1 isolates from 4 major global clades A, B, C and D.. Added Value of this Study: The present study demonstrated the concept that epitopes subdominant in natural infection, when taken out of the context of the whole HIV-1 ...

Objectives:The characterization of primary HIV infection by the analysis of serial plasma samples from newly infected persons using multiple standard viral assays.Design:A retrospective study involving two sets of archived samples from HIV-infected plasma donors. (A) 435 samples from 51 donors detec

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Infection with Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) leads to progressive deterioration of the immune system, and if untreated, leads to death. Cells susceptible to the infection are CD4+ lymphocytes. Their count diminishes in the blood of HIV-positive people during the infection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been developed as a form of treatment and it combines different viral protein inhibitors and leads to total suppression of detectible viremia in patients. BACH2 gene codes for a transcription factor with a role in homeostasis of naïve T-lymphocytes, development of effector memory T-cells and regulating CD4+ senescence. The aim of this study was to analyse methylation of BACH2 promoter region in HIV-1 infected patients in relation to healthy population and determine if there are differences in methylation regarding patient status. Two groups of patients were included in this study. HIV-positive patients in whose blood no viral copies could be detected with standardised tests were ...

Porcine reproductive and respiratory symptoms (PRRS) is one of the most economically significant viral diseases facing the global swine industry. and rebound (biphasic within 42 dpi). The convenient biological interpretation of the model parameters estimates, allowed us not only to quantify inter-host variation, but also to establish common I-BET-762 viremia curve characteristics and their predictability. Statistical analysis of the profile characteristics revealed that persistent profiles were distinguishable already within the first 21 dpi, whereas it is not possible to predict the onset of viremia rebound. Analysis of the neutralizing antibody(nAb) data indicated that there was a ubiquitous strong response to the homologous PRRSV challenge, but high variability in the range of cross-protection of the nAbs. Persistent pigs were found to have a significantly higher nAb cross-protectivity than pigs that either cleared viremia or experienced rebound within 42 dpi. Our study provides novel ...

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Transient neutropenia often accompanies viral infections (eg, early-stage infectious mononucleosis), and sepsis is a particularly serious cause of neutropenia. Neutropenia associated with common childhood viral diseases occurs during the first 1 to 2 days of illness and may persist for 3 to 8 days. It usually corresponds to a period of acute viremia and is related to virus-induced redistribution of neutrophils from the circulating to the marginal pool. Neutrophil sequestration may occur after viral tissue damage. Moderate to severe neutropenia may also be associated with a wide variety of other infections (see Table 135-2 ...

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