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ReviewViruses2026

Tools to Quantify and Characterize the Persistent Reservoir in People with HIV-1: Focus on Non-B Subtypes.

Zora Sinay, Annefien Tiggeler, Robert-Jan Palstra, Tokameh Mahmoudi

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Review in Viruses, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zora SinayDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Annefien TiggelerDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Robert-Jan PalstraDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4600-2303
Tokameh MahmoudiDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

Aidsfonds KICH2.V4P.AF23.001Dutch Research Council KICH2.V4P.AF23.001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) continues to be a major global health burden. Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) effectively abrogates HIV-1 replication and has transformed HIV-1 infection from a fatal to chronic disease. While ART can suppress viremia to undetectable levels in people living with HIV-1 (PWH), a small reservoir of cells infected with replication-competent HIV-1 persists and can lead to viral rebound upon ART interruption. This persistent HIV-1 reservoir can be quantified and characterized by measuring replication of infectious HIV-1 using a quantitative viral outgrowth assay (qVOA), or by measuring HIV-1 DNA, RNA, or protein levels as a proxy for the reservoir. Tools to quantify the reservoir in these distinct molecular compartments have been developed for HIV-1 subtype B, which is predominant in the Global North. However, non-B subtypes constitute the majority of HIV-1 infections worldwide. Here, we discuss the wide range of reservoir quantitation and characterization tools, explore their limitations, and, where applicable, their adaptations to non-B subtypes. We conclude that standardized tools should be used to characterize reservoir dynamics of HIV-1 B and non-B subtypes. These tests should be well-validated and accessible to all laboratories world-wide to be able to draw conclusions about subtype-specific reservoir dynamics.

Indexed as

HIV-1HIV InfectionsDisease ReservoirsDNA, ViralHumansPersistent InfectionRNA, ViralViral LoadVirus LatencyVirus ReplicationDNA, ViralRNA, ViralHIV-1HIV-1 reservoirNon-B subtypesreservoir quantitation

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PMID41600872
PMCPMC12846538

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