Delayed-type hypersensitivity skin testing using third variable loop peptides identifies T lymphocyte epitopes in human immunodeficiency virus- infected persons

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1085-1089

  Sitz, Karl V ^a   Loomis Price, Lawrence D ^b   Ratto Kim, Silvia ^b   Kenner, Julie R ^b   Sau, Purnima ^b   Eckels, Kenneth H ^b   Redfield, Robert R ^b   Birx, Deborah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0030751504     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516517     Document Type: Article

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