Vaccination and timing influence SIV immune escape viral dynamics in vivo.

CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) can be effective at controlling HIV-1 in humans and SIV in macaques, but their utility is partly offset by mutational escape. The kinetics of CTL escape and reversion of escape mutant viruses upon transmission to MHC-mismatched hosts can help us understand CTL-medi...

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Main Authors: Liyen Loh, Janka Petravic, C Jane Batten, Miles P Davenport, Stephen J Kent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2323283?pdf=render