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Lower Viral Loads and Slower CD4+ T-Cell Count Decline in MRKAd5 HIV-1 Vaccinees Expressing Disease-Susceptible HLA-B*58:02.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2016
Leitman Ellen M, Hurst Jacob, Mori Masahiko, Kublin James, Ndung'u Thumbi, Walker Bruce D, Carlson Jonathan, Gray Glenda E, Matthews Philippa C, Frahm Nicole, Goulder Philip J R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HLA strongly influences human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) disease progression. A major contributory mechanism is via the particular HLA-presented HIV-1 epitopes that are recognized by CD8(+) T-cells. Different populations vary considerably in the HLA alleles expressed. We investigated the HLA-specific impact of the MRKAd5 HIV-1 Gag/Pol/Nef vaccine in a subset of the infected Phambili cohort...
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