Influence of HIV and HCV on T cell antigen presentation and challenges in the development of vaccines

Some of the central challenges for developing effective vaccines against HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are similar. Both infections are caused by small, highly mutable, rapidly replicating RNA viruses with the ability to establish long-term chronic pathogenic infection in human hosts. HIV has cau...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mina eJohn, Silvana eGaudieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
HIV
HCV
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00514/full