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Adaptive evolution of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 during the natural course of infection.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 26 Apr 1996
Wolinsky S M, Korber B T, Neumann A U, Daniels M, Kunstman K J, Whetsell A J, Furtado M R, Cao Y, Ho D D, Safrit J T
Abstract excerpt
The rate of progression to disease varies considerably among individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1). Analyses of semiannual blood samples obtained from six infected men showed that a rapid rate of CD4 T cell loss was associated with relative evolutionary stasis of the HIV-1 quasispecies virus population. More moderate rates of CD4 T cell loss correlated with genetic evolution within...
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