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New infectious diseases findings from University of Milan published

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 15th, 2010

According to recent research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, "Multiple and frequent exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) does not necessarily result in HIV infection."

"Approximately 15% of HIV exposed seronegative individuals repeatedly resist infection, a phenomenon that has been observed in all investigated HIV-exposed cohorts. This brief report provides a limited historic perspective of the discovery of these cohorts and outlines some of the immunologic and genetic parameters that are associated with resistance," wrote G. Shearer and colleagues, University of Milan.

The researchers concluded: "We raise the...

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