Metcalf Pate KA, Blankson JN. The mouse viral outgrowth assay: avatars for the detection of HIV-1 reservoirs.
Retrovirology 2017;
14:52. [PMID:
29157283 PMCID:
PMC5697021 DOI:
10.1186/s12977-017-0376-z]
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Abstract
Sensitive assays are needed for the detection of residual viral reservoirs in HIV-1-infected subjects on suppressive combination antiretroviral therapy regimens to determine whether eradication strategies are effective. Mouse viral outgrowth assays have recently been developed and have the potential to be more sensitive than traditional in vitro quantitative viral outgrowth assays. In this article we describe these assays and review several studies that have used them to measure the latent reservoir.
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