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Fitness-Balanced Escape Determines Resolution of Dynamic Founder Virus Escape Processes in HIV-1 Infection.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2015
Sunshine Justine E, Larsen Brendan B, Maust Brandon, Casey Ellie, Deng Wenje, Chen Lennie, Westfall Dylan H, Kim Moon, Zhao Hong, Ghorai Suvankar, Lanxon-Cookson Erinn, Rolland Morgane, Collier Ann C, Maenza Janine, Mullins James I, Frahm Nicole
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: To understand the interplay between host cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses and the mechanisms by which HIV-1 evades them, we studied viral evolutionary patterns associated with host CTL responses in six linked transmission pairs. HIV-1 sequences corresponding to full-length p17 and p24 gag were generated by 454 pyrosequencing for all pairs near the time of transmission, and seroconverting...
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