HIV evolution: CTL escape mutation and reversion after transmission.
Within-patient HIV evolution reflects the strong selection pressure driving viral escape from cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) recognition. Whether this intrapatient accumulation of escape mutations translates into HIV evolution at the population level has not been evaluated. We studied over 300 patient...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2004
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