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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 clade B superinfection: evidence for differential immune containment of distinct clade B strains.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 2005
Yang Otto O, Daar Eric S, Jamieson Beth D, Balamurugan Arumugam, Smith Davey M, Pitt Jacqueline A, Petropoulos Christos J, Richman Douglas D, Little Susan J, Brown Andrew J Leigh
Abstract excerpt
Sequential infection with different strains of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a rarely identified phenomenon with important implications for immunopathogenesis and vaccine development. Here, we identify an individual whose good initial control of viremia was lost in association with reduced containment of a superinfecting strain. Subject 2030 presented with acute symptoms of HIV-1 infection with...
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