Generation and characterization of a defective HIV-1 Virus as an immunogen for a therapeutic vaccine.

BACKGROUND: The generation of new immunogens able to elicit strong specific immune responses remains a major challenge in the attempts to obtain a prophylactic or therapeutic vaccine against HIV/AIDS. We designed and constructed a defective recombinant virus based on the HIV-1 genome generating infe...

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Main Authors: Carmen Álvarez-Fernández, Alberto Crespo Guardo, Javier García-Pérez, Felipe García, Julia Blanco, Laura Escribà-García, Jose Maria Gatell, Jose Alcamí, Montserrat Plana, Sonsoles Sánchez-Palomino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3492255?pdf=render