Replicative fitness of historical and recent HIV-1 isolates suggests HIV-1 attenuation over time

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BACKGROUND: Changes in virulence during an epidemic are common among pathogens, but still unexplored in the case of HIV-1. Here we used primary human cells to study the replicative fitness of primary HIV-1 isolates from untreated patients, comparing historical (1986-1989) and recent samples (2002-2003). METHODS: Head-to-head dual virus infection/competition assays were performed in both peripheral blood...

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