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Cross-clade CD8(+) T-cell responses with a preference for the predominant circulating clade.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Nov 2005
McKinnon Lyle R, Ball T Blake, Kimani Joshua, Wachihi Charles, Matu Lucy, Luo Ma, Embree Joanne, Fowke Keith R, Plummer Francis A
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genetic diversity is a major impediment to the design of a successful vaccine. Even if an HIV vaccine is proven effective, it remains to be seen whether this protection will extend to inter-clade, intra-clade, and recombinant strains. We used recombinant vaccinia-based interferon gamma (IFN) Elispot assays to test the inter-clade crossreactivity of clades A, B, C, and D HIV Env...
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