HIV-2-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte activity is inversely related to proviral load

AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 555-559

  Ariyoshi, Koya ^a   Cham, Fatim ^a   Berry, Neil ^b   Jaffar, Shabbar ^a   Sabally, Sehu ^a   Corrah, Tumani ^a   Whittle, Hilton ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic T lymphocytes; HIV 2; Viral load

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; NEF PROTEIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHROMIUM 51 RELEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0029069803     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199506000-00004     Document Type: Article

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