Viral escape from HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies drives increased plasma neutralization breadth through sequential recognition of multiple epitopes and immunotypes.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on October 31, 2013

Authors

Constantinos Kurt Wibmer1, Jinal N Bhiman, Elin S Gray, Nancy Tumba, Salim S Abdool Karim, Carolyn Williamson, Lynn Morris, Penny L Moore

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa ; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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