The impact of HIV-1 infection and exposure on natural killer (NK) cell phenotype in Kenyan infants during the first year of life.

Natural killer (NK) cells play an important role in the containment of HIV replication during primary infection, though their functions are impaired during chronic HIV infection. Infants experience more rapid HIV disease progression than adults, but contributions of infant NK cells to containing HIV...

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Main Authors: Slyker, J, Lohman-Payne, B, John-Stewart, G, Dong, T, Mbori-Ngacha, D, Tapia, K, Atzberger, A, Taylor, S, Rowland-Jones, S, Blish, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012