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Nilu Goonetilleke

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1 The immune response during acute HIV-1 infection: clues for vaccine development. Nat Rev Immunol 2009 5.99
2 Vertical T cell immunodominance and epitope entropy determine HIV-1 escape. J Clin Invest 2012 2.05
3 Protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis induced by dendritic cells pulsed with both CD8(+)- and CD4(+)-T-cell epitopes from antigen 85A. Infect Immun 2002 1.75
4 Evaluation of vaccines in the EU TB Vaccine Cluster using a guinea pig aerosol infection model of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2005 1.73
5 Concordant proficiency in measurement of T-cell immunity in human immunodeficiency virus vaccine clinical trials by peripheral blood mononuclear cell and enzyme-linked immunospot assays in laboratories from three continents. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2008 1.71
6 Cellular immune responses induced in cattle by heterologous prime-boost vaccination using recombinant viruses and bacille Calmette-Guérin. Immunology 2004 1.61
7 Clinical experience with plasmid DNA- and modified vaccinia virus Ankara-vectored human immunodeficiency virus type 1 clade A vaccine focusing on T-cell induction. J Gen Virol 2007 1.59
8 Fitness costs and diversity of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response determine the rate of CTL escape during acute and chronic phases of HIV infection. J Virol 2011 1.57
9 Relationship between functional profile of HIV-1 specific CD8 T cells and epitope variability with the selection of escape mutants in acute HIV-1 infection. PLoS Pathog 2011 1.42
10 Expansion and diversification of virus-specific T cells following immunization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected individuals with a recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara/HIV-1 Gag vaccine. J Virol 2006 1.24
11 Reappraisal of the relationship between the HIV-1-protective single-nucleotide polymorphism 35 kilobases upstream of the HLA-C gene and surface HLA-C expression. J Virol 2011 1.21
12 A Plasmodium falciparum candidate vaccine based on a six-antigen polyprotein encoded by recombinant poxviruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 1.18
13 An early HIV mutation within an HLA-B*57-restricted T cell epitope abrogates binding to the killer inhibitory receptor 3DL1. J Virol 2011 1.13
14 Impact of immune escape mutations on HIV-1 fitness in the context of the cognate transmitted/founder genome. Retrovirology 2012 1.10
15 Differences in HIV-specific T cell responses between HIV-exposed and -unexposed HIV-seronegative individuals. J Virol 2011 1.02
16 Distinct kinetics of Gag-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses during acute HIV-1 infection. J Immunol 2012 0.98
17 Increased detection of proliferating, polyfunctional, HIV-1-specific T cells in DNA-modified vaccinia virus Ankara-vaccinated human volunteers by cultured IFN-gamma ELISPOT assay. Eur J Immunol 2009 0.91
18 Broad TCR usage in functional HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell expansions driven by vaccination during highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Immunol 2007 0.90
19 Increased memory differentiation is associated with decreased polyfunctionality for HIV but not for cytomegalovirus-specific CD8+ T cells. J Immunol 2012 0.90
20 Quantitative and qualitative differences in the T cell response to HIV in uninfected Ugandans exposed or unexposed to HIV-infected partners. J Virol 2013 0.87
21 Improved detection of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in HIV-1 seropositive individuals using cultured cellular assays. Eur J Immunol 2010 0.83
22 Recombination-mediated escape from primary CD8+ T cells in acute HIV-1 infection. Retrovirology 2014 0.82
23 Comparison of sexual behavior and HIV risk between two HIV-1 serodiscordant couple cohorts: the CHAVI 002 study. PLoS One 2012 0.80
24 The magnitude and kinetics of the mucosal HIV-specific CD8+ T lymphocyte response and virus RNA load in breast milk. PLoS One 2011 0.79
25 Massive CD8 T cell response to primary HIV infection in the setting of severe clinical presentation. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2012 0.76
26 Short communication: broader T cell responses directed against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in infected Chinese individuals through blood-borne transmission in comparison with mucosal transmission. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2012 0.75
27 Correction: Rare HIV-1 transmitted/founder lineages identified by deep viral sequencing contribute to rapid shifts in dominant quasispecies during acute and early infection. PLoS Pathog 2017 0.75