Antiviral chemotherapy against HTLV-III/LAV infections
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HTLV-1 infections.
Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes disabling and fatal diseases, yet there is no vaccine, no satisfactory treatment, and no means of assessing the risk of disease or prognosis in infected people. Recent research on the molecular virology and immunology of HTLV-1 shows the importance of the host's immune response in reducing the risk of these diseases, and is beginning to explain ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0305-7453,1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/17.5.549