AIDS/HIV Vaccine
Neutralizing HIV epitopes available in newly-infected patients
Published in AIDS Weekly, May 10th, 2004
According to published research from the United States, England, and Zambia, "Heterosexual transmission accounts for the majority of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infections worldwide, yet the viral properties that determine transmission fitness or outgrowth have not been elucidated. Here we show, for eight heterosexual transmission pairs, that recipient viruses were monophyletic, encoding compact, glycan-restricted envelope glycoproteins. These viruses were also uniquely sensitive to neutralization by antibody from the transmitting partner.
"Thus, the exposure of...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-05-10)
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