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HIV/AIDS
Report summarizes HIV/AIDS study findings from University of Wisconsin
April 9th, 2008
According to recent research published in the Journal of Virology, "The role of CD4(+) T cells in the control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV replication is not well understood. Even though strong HIV- and SIV-specific CD4(+) T-cell responses have been detected in individuals that control viral replication, major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) molecules have not been definitively linked with slow disease progression." "In a cohort of 196 SIVmac239-infected Indian rhesus macaques, a group of macaques controlled viral replication to less than 1,000 viral RNA copies/ml. These elite controllers (ECs) mounted...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-04-09)
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