Genotypic and functional impact of HIV-1 adaptation to its host population during the North American epidemic.

HLA-restricted immune escape mutations that persist following HIV transmission could gradually spread through the viral population, thereby compromising host antiviral immunity as the epidemic progresses. To assess the extent and phenotypic impact of this phenomenon in an immunogenetically diverse p...

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Main Authors: Laura A Cotton, Xiaomei T Kuang, Anh Q Le, Jonathan M Carlson, Benjamin Chan, Denis R Chopera, Chanson J Brumme, Tristan J Markle, Eric Martin, Aniqa Shahid, Gursev Anmole, Philip Mwimanzi, Pauline Nassab, Kali A Penney, Manal A Rahman, M-J Milloy, Martin T Schechter, Martin Markowitz, Mary Carrington, Bruce D Walker, Theresa Wagner, Susan Buchbinder, Jonathan Fuchs, Beryl Koblin, Kenneth H Mayer, P Richard Harrigan, Mark A Brockman, Art F Y Poon, Zabrina L Brumme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3998893?pdf=render