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Defective nef alleles in a cohort of hemophiliacs with progressing and nonprogressing HIV-1 infection.
Virology - 5 Jul 1999
Brambilla A, Turchetto L, Gatti A, Bovolenta C, Veglia F, Santagostino E, Gringeri A, Clementi M, Poli G, Bagnarelli P, Vicenzi E
Abstract excerpt
Deletion of the nef gene results in viral attenuation and confers protection against challenge with wild-type simian immunodeficiency virus in macaques. Regarding HIV-1 infection, a few long-term nonprogressors (LTNP) with nef deletions have been described. In this study, the nef genes of a group of seven LTNP and eight progressors, all belonging to the same cohort of infected hemophiliacs, were analyzed by...
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