Central role of reverting mutations in HLA associations with human immunodeficiency virus set point.

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Published in J Virol on July 02, 2008

Authors

Philippa C Matthews1, Andrew Prendergast, Alasdair Leslie, Hayley Crawford, Rebecca Payne, Christine Rousseau, Morgane Rolland, Isobella Honeyborne, Jonathan Carlson, Carl Kadie, Christian Brander, Karen Bishop, Nonkululeko Mlotshwa, James I Mullins, Hoosen Coovadia, Thumbi Ndung'u, Bruce D Walker, David Heckerman, Philip J R Goulder

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, United Kingdom. p.matthews@doctors.org.uk

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