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Rapid HIV disease progression following superinfection in an HLA-B*27:05/B*57:01-positive transmission recipient.

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Background

The factors determining differential HIV disease outcome among individuals expressing protective HLA alleles such as HLA-B*27:05 and HLA-B*57:01 remain unknown. We here analyse two HIV-infected subjects expressing both HLA-B*27:05 and HLA-B*57:01. One subject maintained low-to-undetectable viral loads for more than a decade of follow up. The other progressed to AIDS in < 3 years.

Results

The rapid progressor was the recipient within a known transmiss...

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Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s12977-018-0390-9

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0000-0002-6528-6471
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BioMed Central Publisher's website
Journal:
Retrovirology Journal website
Volume:
15
Issue:
1
Pages:
7
Publication date:
2018-01-01
Acceptance date:
2017-12-05
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EISSN:
1742-4690
Pmid:
29338738
Language:
English
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uuid:727034b3-2a88-4ac8-b946-111d3d0f855f
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821491
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2018-01-29

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