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Proliferation of intact and defective proviruses build and maintain the viral reservoir. Cells with intact proviruses (green bar) can sometimes proliferate and expand but do not survive as abundantly as cells harboring defective provirus (red bar) and eventually decrease over time. Proliferation is more abundant for cells with defective proviruses.
