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Human immunodeficiency virus mutations during the first month of infection are preferentially found in known cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2005
Bernardin Flavien, Kong Denice, Peddada Lorraine, Baxter-Lowe Lee Ann, Delwart Eric
Abstract excerpt
The full protein coding region of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genomes were sequenced using plasma collected from nine African-Americans prior to seroconversion and 7 to 28 days later. HIV mutations emerged in seven of these subjects at a genomewide rate of 2% per year. The location of nonsynonymous (NS) HIV mutations within these subjects was compared to their potential HLA-A and B types restricted CTL...
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