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Session 67
Poster Abstracts
Pathogenesis: Determinants and Viral Factors
Thursday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Hall D
340
Mechanism for the Emergence of Less Pathogenic HIV-1 Strains during HAART
Nitin Saksena*
1
, Y Wang
1
, W Dyer
2
, J Sullivan
2
, and C Workman
3
1
Westmead Millennium Inst, Westmead Hosp, Univ of, Sydney, Australia;
2
Australian Red Cross, Sydney; and
3
Ground Zero Med Ctr, Darlinghurst, Australia
341
Unique Contribution of V5-gp41to HIV-1 Envelope-mediated Cytopathicity in the Thymus
Eric Meissner*, N Coffield, and L Su
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
342
HIV- Envelope Diversity Correlates with
in vitro
Replication Capacity and Predicts Spontaneous Control of Plasma Viremia after Treatment Interruptions
B Joos
1
, A Trkola
1
, M Fischer
1
, H Kuster
1
, C Leemann
1
, J Böni
2
, A Oxenius
3
, D Price
4
, R Phillips
5
, J Wong
6
, B Hirschel
7
, R Weber
1
, Huldrych Günthard*
1
, and A the Swiss HIV Cohort Study
8
1
Zurich Univ Hosp, Switzerland;
2
Swiss Natl Ctr for Retroviruses, Zürich;
3
Swiss Fed Inst of Tech, Zürich;
4
Vaccine Res Ctr, NIAID, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA;
5
Oxford Univ, UK;
6
Univ of California, San Diego, USA;
7
Geneva Univ Hosp, Switzerland; and
8
Switzerland
343
Viral Kinetics in Acute SIV/SHIV Infection: Estimation of the 'Basic Reproductive Ratio (R0)'
Hiroshi Mohri*
1
, R Ribeiro
2
, N Mushtaq
1
, R Bohm
3
, A Gettie
1
, A Perelson
4
, and D Ho
1
1
Aaron Diamond AIDS Res Ctr, Rockefeller Univ, New York, NY, USA;
2
Los Alamos Natl Lab, NM, USA;
3
Tulane Natl Primate Res Ctr, Tulane Univ, Covington, LA, USA; and
4
Los Alamos Natl Lab, NM, USA
344
Impaired HIV-1 Replicative Fitness in Atypical Viremic Long-term Non-progressor Individuals
Jan Weber*
1
, R Assad
2
, J Weberova
1
, M Lederman
2
, and M Quinones-Mateu
1
1
Cleveland Clin Fndn, OH, USA and
2
Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, OH, USA
345
HIV-1 Replication Capacity as an Independent Predictor of Pre-treatment CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Charles Hicks*
1
, J Eron
2
, P Keiser
3
, J Stout
1
, S Napravnik
2
, J Giner
1
, P Menezes
2
, C Castellano
1
, J Weidler
4
, T Korich
4
, and M Bates
4
1
Duke Univ Med Ctr, Durham, NC, USA;
2
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA;
3
Univ of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, USA; and
4
ViroLogic, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA
346
X4 HIV-1 Induces Apoptosis in Immature Thymocytes
S Choudhary*
1
, D Powell
2
, R Walker
2
, C Walsh
1
, J Anderson
4
, V Planelles
4
, and D Camerini
1
1
Univ of California, Irvine, USA;
2
Millennium Pharma, Cambridge, MA, USA; and
4
Univ of Utah Sch of Med, Salt Lake City, USA
347
Evolution of Pathogenic HIV-1 Variants within Gut-associated Lymphoid Tissue
Marcel Curlin*
1
, D Mai
1
, J Elliott
2
, P Anton
2
, and J Mullins
1
1
Univ of Washington, Seattle, USA and
2
Univ of California, Los Angeles, USA
348
Cysteine Mutation in HIV-1
nef
Associated with Slowed AIDS Disease Progression
Martin Tolstrup*, A Laursen, M Duch, F Skou Pedersen, and L Ostergaard
Aarhus, Denmark
349
Lack of Temporal Structure for the Short-term Viral Evolution in HIV-1 Asymptomatic Naďve Patients
Gonzalo Bello*
1
, C Casado
2
, S García
3
, C Rodríguez
3
, J del Romero
3
, and C López-Galíndez
2
1
Oswaldo Cruz Inst, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
2
Inst de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; and
3
Ctr de Salud Sandoval, Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
350
Few Mutations in the 5´ Leader Region Mediate Fitness Recovery of Debilitated Human Inmunodeficiency
Antonio V Borderia*
1
, E Yuste
2
, E Domingo
3
, and C López-Galíndez
1
1
Inst de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain;
2
New England Primate Res Ctr, Harvard Med Sch, Southborough, MA, USA; and
3
Univ Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Spain
351
R5 and X4 Tropic HIV-1 Envelope-mediated Membrane Fusion Is Associated with Disease Stage
Wei Huang*
1
, S Fransen
1
, J Toma
1
, T Wrin
1
, S Little
2
, D Richman
2
, S Deeks
3
, J Whitcomb
1
, and C Petropoulos
1
1
ViroLogic, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, USA;
2
Univ of California, San Diego, USA; and
3
Univ of California, San Francisco, USA
352
Selection and Evolution of V1-V2 Length and Glycosylation of Transmitted HIV-1 Variants
Manish Sagar*
1
, B Chohan
1
, D Lang
2
, X Wu
1
, B Korber
2
, L Lavreys
3
, B Richardson
4
, and J Overbaugh
1
1
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res Ctr, Seattle, WA, USA;
2
Los Alamos Natl Lab, NM, USA;
3
Univ of Washington, Seattle, USA; and
4
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res Ctr, Seattle, WA, USA
353
A Pathogenic Simian-human Immunodeficiency Virus That Uses CCR5 as Co-receptor and Encodes HIV Clade C Env
Ruijiang Song*
1,5
, S Mirshahidi
1,5
, A L Chenine
1,5
, C McCann
1,5
, T Wang
1,5
, P L Li
1,5
, K Buckley
2
, R Grisson
1,5
, J Whitney
1,5
, R Rasmussen
1,5
, H Ong
2
, C Wood
3
, H McClure
4
, and R Ruprecht
1,5
1
Dana-Farber Cancer Inst, Boston, MA, USA;
2
Dana-Farber Cancer Inst, Boston, MA, USA;
3
Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA;
4
Yerkes Natl Primate Res Ctr, Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA, USA; and
5
Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA, USA