Immunodominant HIV-1 Cd4+ T cell epitopes in chronic untreated clade C HIV-1 infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Ramduth, Danni ^a   Day, Cheryl L ^a,b,e   Thobakgale, Christina F ^a   Mkhwanazi, Nompumelelo P ^a   de Pierres, Chantal ^a   Reddy, Sharon ^a   van der Stok, Mary ^a   Mncube, Zenele ^a   Nair, Kriebashne ^a   Moodley, Eshia S ^a   Kaufmann, Daniel E ^b   Streeck, Hendrik ^b   Coovadia, Hoosen M ^a   Kiepiela, Photini ^a   Goulder, Philip J R ^a,b,c   Walker, Bruce D ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRUS LOAD; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 64549118220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005013     Document Type: Article

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