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Rapid HIV-1 Disease Progression in Individuals Infected with a Virus Adapted to Its Host Population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Katoh Jiro, Kawana-Tachikawa Ai, Shimizu Akihisa, Zhu Dayong, Han Chungyong, Nakamura Hitomi, Koga Michiko, Kikuchi Tadashi, Adachi Eisuke, Koibuchi Tomohiko, Gao George F, Brumme Zabrina L, Iwamoto Aikichi
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 escape from CTL is predictable based on the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) class I alleles expressed by the host. As such, HIV-1 sequences circulating in a population of hosts will harbor escape mutations specific to the HLA alleles of that population. In theory, this should increase the frequency of escape mutation transmission to persons expressing the restricting HLA allele, thereby compromising host...
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