A person who has been diagnosed with HIV infection 12 years ago and still has a CD4+ cell count of 800 cells/ µL and a low viral load is considered clinical to be a
A)
rapid progressor.
B)
typical progressor.
C)
slow progressor.
D)
long-term nonprogressor.
Ans:
D
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There is a subset of slow progressors: the long-term nonprogressors, who account for 1% of all HIV infections. These people have been infected for at least 8 years, are antiretroviral naive, have high CD4+ cell counts, and usually have very low viral loads. They are being investigated to determine how they maintain viral suppression of HIV.
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