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Accumulated mutations by 6 months of infection collectively render transmitted/founder HIV-1 significantly less fit.
The Journal of infection - 1 Feb 2020
Wang Chu, Liu Donglai, Zuo Tao, Hora Bhavna, Cai Fangping, Ding Haitao, Kappes John, Ochsenbauer Christina, Kong Wei, Yu Xianghui, Bhattacharya Tanmoy, Perelson Alan S, Gao Feng
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OBJECTIVE: Viral fitness plays an important role in HIV-1 evolution, transmission and pathogenesis. However, how mutations accumulated during early infection affect viral fitness has not been well studied. METHODS: Paired infectious molecular clones (IMCs) for transmitted/founder (T/F) and 6-month (6-mo) viruses post infection were generated from 10 infected individuals to investigate the impact of accumulated...
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