The viral envelope in the evolution of HIV: a hypothetical approach to inducing an effective immune response to the virus.

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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is 'perceived' by the host immune system as partly-self because of the presence of host cell wall membrane on the viral envelope. This perception leads to an ineffective immune response to the virus. It is proposed that only viral core antigens without the envelope will be perceived as non-self by the host immune system and can provoke an effective immune response. In normal...

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