A person who has been diagnosed with HIV infection 12 years ago and still has a CD4⁺cell count of 800 cells/µL and a low viral load is considered clinical to be a A) rapid progressor. B) typical progressor. C) slow progressor. D) long-term nonprogressor

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There is a subset of slow progressors: the long-term nonprogressors, who account for 1% of all HIV infections. These people have been infected for at least 8 years, are antiretroviral naive, have high CD4⁺cell counts, and usually have very low viral loads. They are being investigated to determine how they maintain viral suppression of HIV.

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