AIDS Immunology
Unexposed Autoimmune Patients May Be Resistant to HIV
Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 16th, 1996
The finding, reported by University of Southern California researcher Angeline Douvas and colleagues, could be of great importance in the development of an HIV vaccine.
It also hints that an unknown retrovirus may play a role in the autoimmune syndrome known as mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD).
"The current findings provide further evidence that individuals unexposed to HIV-1 may develop immunologic resistance by alternative mechanisms, possibly including molecular mimicry or exposure to as-yet-unidentified retroviruses," Douvas et al. wrote...
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