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Subdominant CD8+ T-cell responses are involved in durable control of AIDS virus replication.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2007
Friedrich Thomas C, Valentine Laura E, Yant Levi J, Rakasz Eva G, Piaskowski Shari M, Furlott Jessica R, Weisgrau Kimberly L, Burwitz Benjamin, May Gemma E, León Enrique J, Soma Taeko, Napoe Gnankang, Capuano Saverio V, Wilson Nancy A, Watkins David I
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"Elite controllers" are individuals that durably control human immunodeficiency virus or simian immunodeficiency virus replication without therapeutic intervention. The study of these rare individuals may facilitate the definition of a successful immune response to immunodeficiency viruses. Here we describe six Indian-origin rhesus macaques that have controlled replication of the pathogenic virus SIVmac239 for 1...
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