1999
Sex Differences in Longitudinal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Levels among Seroconverters
Sterling T, Lyles C, Vlahov D, Astemborski J, Margolick J, Quinn T. Sex Differences in Longitudinal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Levels among Seroconverters. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1999, 180: 666-672. PMID: 10438353, DOI: 10.1086/314967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA levelsHIV-1 seroconvertersSex differencesCopies/mLHIV-1 pathogenesisInjection drug usersCase-control studyTime of seroconversionCross-sectional studyCourse of infectionMale patientsRapid progressorsFemale patientsCopies/Drug usersMale controlsVirus levelsPatientsRNA levelsSeroconvertersWomenMenNonprogressorsSeroconversionProgressors
1998
Patterns of HIV-1 evolution in individuals with differing rates of CD4 T cell decline
Markham R, Wang W, Weisstein A, Wang Z, Munoz A, Templeton A, Margolick J, Vlahov D, Quinn T, Farzadegan H, Yu X. Patterns of HIV-1 evolution in individuals with differing rates of CD4 T cell decline. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 12568-12573. PMID: 9770526, PMCID: PMC22871, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.21.12568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD4 T-cell declineT-cell declineCell declineHIV-1 env sequencesFirst seropositive visitModerate disease progressionCD4 T cellsInjection drug usersLow viral loadHIV-1 evolutionLater time pointsViral loadDisease progressionT cellsDrug usersPredominant virusNonsynonymous mutationsEnv sequencesTime pointsNonprogressorsTypes of mutationsDominant variantVisitsOnly quantitative differencesViral evolution