Published in AIDS Weekly, July 3rd, 2006
Study 1: The IFN-gamma-secreting capacity in mycobacterial antigen-specific CD4 T cells is impaired during chronic HIV-1 infection despite long-term HAART.
Researchers in England conducted a study "to determine whether long-term HAART in chronic HIV-1 infection restores fully functional Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific CD4 T-cell responses.
"[This was] a cross-sectional study of HIV-1-seropositive subjects on continuous HAART for over one year with CD4 cell counts >300 cells/microliter and undetectable viremia,...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-07-03)
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