Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long-term non-progressors: The viral, genetic and immunological basis for disease non-progression

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-268

  Poropatich, Kate ^a   Sullivan Jr , David J ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; HLA B57 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ALLELE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE COURSE; GENE DELETION; GENOMICS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HIV-1; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 79251472446     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.027102-0     Document Type: Review

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