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Computational comparison of availability in CTL/gag epitopes among patients with acute and chronic HIV-1 infection.
Vaccine - 27 Jun 2018
Damilano Gabriel Dario, Sued Omar, Ruiz Maria Julia, Ghiglione Yanina, Canitano Flavia, Pando Maria, Turk Gabriela, Cahn Pedro, Salomón Horacio, Dilernia Dario
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies indicate that there is selection bias for transmission of viral polymorphisms associated with higher viral fitness. Furthermore, after transmission and before a specific immune response is mounted in the recipient, the virus undergoes a number of reversions which allow an increase in their replicative capacity. These aspects, and others, affect the viral population characteristic of...
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