Protective immunity against HIV infection: lessons from HIV-2 infection.
Despite two decades of intensive research, the correlates of protective immunity to HIV-1 infection remain elusive. Much less attention has been paid to the related human virus strain, HIV-2, which can cause AIDS, but does not usually do so in the majority of infected people. What can be learned from HIV-2 infection about how the human host can peacefully coexist with a pathogenic retrovirus?
MRC Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia. srowland-jones@mrc.gm
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Rowland-Jones
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans
D015483:HIV Antibodies