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Oral and Vaginal Epithelial Cell Lines Bind and Transfer Cell-Free Infectious HIV-1 to Permissive Cells but Are Not Productively Infected

The majority of HIV-1 infections worldwide are acquired via mucosal surfaces. However, unlike the vaginal mucosa, the issue of whether the oral mucosa can act as a portal of entry for HIV-1 infection remains controversial. To address potential differences with regard to the fate of HIV-1 after expos...

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Autores principales: Kohli, Arinder, Islam, Ayesha, Moyes, David L., Murciano, Celia, Shen, Chengguo, Challacombe, Stephen J., Naglik, Julian R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4032250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24857971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098077