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HIV-1 binding and neutralizing antibodies of injecting drug users.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Sept 2005
Ouverney E P, Teixeira S L M, Silva-de-Jesus C, Hacker M A, Morgado M G, Bastos F I, Bongertz V
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Previous studies have demonstrated a stronger seroreactivity against some synthetic peptides responsible for inducing neutralizing antibodies in injecting drug users (IDU) compared to that of individuals sexually infected with HIV-1 (S), but the effectiveness in terms of the neutralizing ability of these antibodies has not been evaluated. Our objective was to study the humoral immune response of IDU by...
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