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HIV controllers: a multifactorial phenotype of spontaneous viral suppression.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) - 1 Oct 2011
Thèze Jacques, Chakrabarti Lisa A, Vingert Benoît, Porichis Filippos, Kaufmann Daniel E
Abstract excerpt
A small minority of HIV-infected individuals, known as HIV controllers, is able to exert long-term control over HIV replication in the absence of treatment. Increasing evidence suggests that the adaptive immune system plays a critical role in this control but also that a combination of several host and/or viral factors, rather than a single cause, leads to this rare phenotype. Here, we review recent advances in...
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