HIV/AIDS
New findings from University of Oxford in the area of HIV/AIDS described
Published in AIDS Weekly, March 2nd, 2009
"The observed association between HLA-B*13 and control of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection has been linked to the number of Gag-specific HLA-B*13-restricted cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) responses identified. To date, the Gag escape mutations described that result in an in vitro fitness cost to the virus have been located within structural protein p24 only," researchers in Oxford, the United Kingdom report.
"Here we investigated the hypothesis that CTL escape mutations within other regions of HIV Gag may also reduce viral fitness and contribute to immune control. We analyzed an HLA-B*13-restricted CTL response toward an epitope in p1 Gag,...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-03-02)
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