Clonal Analysis of Mucosal SIV-Specific CD8+ T Cell Responses

CD8+ T cells responses are critical in the immune defense against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. A major challenge for vaccine development is that HIV/SIV can rapidly mutate to escape containment by the CD8+ T cell response. Therefore, optimal v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sircar, Piya
Other Authors: Letvin, Norman
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
Subjects:
HIV
SIV
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10035
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10345145