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Adaptive changes in HIV-1 subtype C proteins during early infection are driven by changes in HLA-associated immune pressure.
Virology - 20 Jan 2010
Treurnicht F K, Seoighe C, Martin D P, Wood N, Abrahams M-R, Rosa D de Assis, Bredell H, Woodman Z, Hide W, Mlisana K, Karim S Abdool, Gray C M, Williamson C
Abstract excerpt
It is unresolved whether recently transmitted human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) have genetic features that specifically favour their transmissibility. To identify potential "transmission signatures", we compared 20 full-length HIV-1 subtype C genomes from primary infections, with 66 sampled from ethnically and geographically matched individuals with chronic infections. Controlling for recombination and...
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