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by fgtx 3870 days ago
> we saw a clear increase in [the] virus in [blood] plasma

Couldn't this be due to the virus actually multiplying instead of waking up?

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Technically to get HIV reproduction you need to wake up the virus, but if you are seeing more reproduction while the patient is on very effective HAART then it is not a good sign. What you want to see is a reduction in the integrated HIV (i.e. HIV DNA). Unfortunately, even with much stronger drugs this was not seen even after 8 weeks (see my main post above for the references).