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To the Editor: Much interest has been focused on long-term survivors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection,^1,2 but little information is available about the progression of the disease in these patients. We present the results of a four-year follow-up of 32 patients with hemophilia who fulfilled the following criteria for long-term survival of HIV-1 infection in 1991: documented HIV-1 infection for more than eight years, stable CD4+ T-cell counts greater than 500 cells per cubic millimeter, the absence of symptoms, and no use of antiretroviral therapy.

These 32 long-term survivors represent 14.2 percent of the 225 patients with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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