Modelling the evolution and spread of HIV immune escape mutants.
During infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), immune pressure from cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) selects for viral mutants that confer escape from CTL recognition. These escape variants can be transmitted between individuals where, depending upon their cost to viral fitness and the CTL...
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Materialtyp: | Journal article |
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Public Library of Science
2010
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