This invention provides a composition which comprises an admixture of
three compounds, wherein: (a) one compound is an antibody which binds to
a CCR5 receptor; (b) one compound retards attachment of HIV-1 to a CD4+
cell by retarding binding of HIV-1 gp120 envelope glycoprotein to CD4 on
the surface of the CD4+ cell; and (c) one compound retards gp41 from
adopting a conformation capable of mediating fusion of HIV-1 to a CD4+
cell by binding noncovalently to an epitope on a gp41 fusion
intermediate; wherein the relative mass ratio of any two of the compounds
in the admixture ranges from about 100:1 to about 1:100, the composition
being effective to inhibit HIV-1 infection of the CD4+ cell. This
invention also provides a method of inhibiting HIV-1 infection of a CD4+
cell which comprises contacting the CD4+ cell with an amount of the
composition of the subject invention effective to inhibit HIV-1 infection
of the CD4+ cell so as to thereby inhibit HIV-1 infection of the CD4+
cell.