HIV-1 RNA levels in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma and their correlation with opportunistic neurological diseases in a Brazilian AIDS reference hospital Níveis de RNA do HIV-1 no líquido cefalorraqueano e plasma e sua correlação com doença neurológica oportunística em um hospital referência em AIDS

HIV-1 RNA levels in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma and their correlation with opportunistic neurological diseases in a Brazilian AIDS reference hospital Níveis de RNA do HIV-1 no líquido cefalorraqueano e plasma e sua correlação com doença neurológica oportunística em um hospital referência em AIDS

BACKGROUND: Plasma HIV RNA levels reflect systemic viral replication but in CNS it may occur relatively independent of systemic infection, yet clinical application of CSF HIV-1 RNA levels is less clear. OBJECTIVE: to compare CSF and plasma HIV-1 RNA levels of patients with different opportunistic ne...

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Main Authors: Paulo P. Christo, Dirceu B. Greco, Agdemir W. Aleixo, Jose A. Livramento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2005-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
AIDS
HIV
líquido cefalorraqueano
infecções oportunísticas
carga viral
doença neurológica
cerebrospinal fluid
HIV-1 RNA
opportunistic infections
viral load
neurological disease
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2005000600001
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