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Nef gene evolution from a single transmitted strain in acute SIV infection.
Retrovirology - 8 Jun 2009
Bimber Benjamin N, Chugh Pauline, Giorgi Elena E, Kim Baek, Almudevar Anthony L, Dewhurst Stephen, O'Connor David H, Lee Ha Youn
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BACKGROUND: The acute phase of immunodeficiency virus infection plays a crucial role in determining steady-state virus load and subsequent progression of disease in both humans and nonhuman primates. The acute period is also the time when vaccine-mediated effects on host immunity are likely to exert their major effects on virus infection. Recently we developed a Monte-Carlo (MC) simulation with mathematical...
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