Background: Technically, HIV-1 tropism can be evaluated in plasma or peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). However, only tropism testing of plasma HIV-1 has been validated as a tool to predict v
aESTA, Enhanced-Sensitivity Trofile™ Assay; Pop Seq, population sequencing of the V3-loop; 454, 454 sequencing of the V3-loop; MT2, direct co-cultivation of patient-derived peripheral blood mononuclea
Viral phenotype, tropism, coreceptor usage, and envelope gene diversity were examined in blood isolates collected from 27 individuals at different stages of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)
