Parenteral exposure to high HIV viremia leads to virus-specific T cell priming without evidence of infection.

Previous studies on CTL responses in HIV-exposed uninfected individuals assumed that the patients were exposed to replicating HIV, but the possibility that the immune responses detected were primed by exposure to a defective virus or viral antigen could not be excluded. Epidemiological and laborator...

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Main Authors: Missale, G, Papagno, L, Penna, A, Pilli, M, Zerbini, A, Vitali, P, Pieroni, G, Urbani, S, Uggeri, J, Pinheiro, S, Rowland-Jones, S, Ferrari, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004