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Within-Epitope Interactions Can Bias CTL Escape Estimation in Early HIV Infection

As human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) begins to replicate within hosts, immune responses are elicited against it. Escape mutations in viral epitopes—immunogenic peptide parts presented on the surface of infected cells—allow HIV to partially evade these responses, and thus rapidly go to fixation. The...

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Autores principales: Garcia, Victor, Feldman, Marcus W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28507544
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00423