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Identification of a cluster of HIV-1 controllers infected with low replicating viruses.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Casado Concepción, Pernas Maria, Sandonis Virginia, Alvaro-Cifuentes Tamara, Olivares Isabel, Fuentes Rosa, Martínez-Prats Lorena, Grau Eulalia, Ruiz Lidia, Delgado Rafael, Rodríguez Carmen, del Romero Jorge, López-Galíndez Cecilio
Abstract excerpt
Long term non-progressor patients (LTNPs) are characterized by the natural control of HIV-1 infection. This control is related to host genetic, immunological and virological factors. In this work, phylogenetic analysis of the proviral nucleotide sequences in env gene from a Spanish HIV-1 LTNPs cohort identified a cluster of 6 HIV-1 controllers infected with closely-related viruses. The patients of the cluster...
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