| Literature DB >> 15994836 |
Charles T T Edwards1, Katja J Pfafferott, Philip J R Goulder, Rodney E Phillips, Edward C Holmes.
Abstract
The hypothesis that the intrapatient emergence of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte escape variants contributes to the evolution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 at the population (interpatient) level was tested using the HLA-A*0201-restricted gag p17 epitope SLYNTVATL. Using a simple experimental design, we investigated the evolutionary processes operating within this epitope among patients while compensating for the confounding influence of intrapatient natural selection. Using this approach, we revealed a pattern of A*0201-driven escape within patients, followed by the sustained transmission of these escape variants among patients irrespective of their HLA type.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15994836 PMCID: PMC1168780 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.14.9363-9366.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103