Last in first out: SIV proviruses seeded later in infection are harbored in short-lived CD4 + T cells.
Narmada SambaturuEmily J FrayFengting WuCarolin ZitzmannFrancesco R SimonettiDan H BarouchJanet D SilicianoRobert F SilicianoRuy M RibeiroAlan S PerelsonCarmen Molina-ParísThomas LeitnerPublished in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2023)
T cells decay under effective drug treatment, which prevents virus replication, the resulting virus divergence decreases and recapitulates observed data. This knowledge should help in improving future eradication efforts.