Effects of thymic selection of the T cell repertoire on HLA-class I associated control of HIV infection
Without therapy, most people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ultimately progress to AIDS. Rare individuals (‘elite controllers’) maintain very low levels of HIV RNA without therapy, thereby making disease progression and transmission unlikely. Certain HLA class I alleles are markedl...
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Nature Publishing Group
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77959 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1268-9602 |