Lack of detectable HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell responses in Zambian HIV-1-exposed seronegative partners of HIV-1-positive individuals

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 258-262

  Addo, Marylyn M ^a   Altfeld, Marcus ^a   Brainard, Diana M ^a,f   Rathod, Almas ^a   Piechocka Trocha, Alicja ^a   Fideli, Ulgen ^e,g   Mulenga, Joseph ^e,h   Shutes, Erin ^e,i   Alvino, Donna Marie L ^a   Hunter, Eric ^b,c   Allen, Susan A ^b,c,e   Walker, Bruce D ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Zambia Emory HIV Research Project   (Zambia)

^f GILEAD SCIENCES   (United States)

^g WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Zambia Blood Transfusion Service   (Zambia)

ⁱ BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS DETECTION; ZAMBIA;

CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79851496926     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiq028     Document Type: Article

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