Article
The origin of genetic diversity in HIV-1.
Virus research - 1 Nov 2012
Smyth Redmond P, Davenport Miles P, Mak Johnson
Abstract excerpt
One of the hallmarks of HIV infection is the rapid development of a genetically complex population (quasispecies) from an initially limited number of infectious particles. Genetic diversity remains one of the major obstacles to eradication of HIV. The viral quasispecies can respond rapidly to selective pressures, such as that imposed by the immune system and antiretroviral therapy, and frustrates vaccine design...
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