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Phylodynamics of HIV-1 in lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues reveals a central role for the thymus in emergence of CXCR4-using quasispecies.
PloS one - 26 Sept 2007
Salemi Marco, Burkhardt Brant R, Gray Rebecca R, Ghaffari Guity, Sleasman John W, Goodenow Maureen M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: During HIV-1 infection coreceptor switch from CCR5- (R5)- to CXCR4 (X4)-using viruses is associated with disease progression. X4 strains of HIV-1 are highly cytopathic to immature thymocytes. Virtually no studies have evaluated the HIV-1 quasispecies present in vivo within thymic and...
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