Stochastic model of in-vivo X4 emergence during HIV infection: implications for the CCR5 inhibitor maraviroc.

The emergence of X4 tropic viral strains throughout the course of HIV infection is associated with poorer prognostic outcomes and faster progressions to AIDS than for patients in whom R5 viral strains predominate. Here we investigate a stochastic model to account for the emergence of X4 virus via mu...

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Main Authors: Borislav Savkovic, Geoff Symonds, John M Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3398969?pdf=render