Natural Hosts of SIV Infection
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Presentations at the 9th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, held in Seattle, February 24 to 28, 2002, continued to shed light on the complex interactions between HIV and the immune system. Major topics of discussion included natural hosts of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection, the dynamics of T lymphocytes, the myriad mechanisms utilized by HIV to avoid host immune responses, and the central role of dendritic cells in HIV pathogenesis. Promising new data emerged from initial results of a candidate HIV-1 vaccine able to induce more potent cellular immune responses, raising hopes for the new generation of vaccines currently entering human clinical trials.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002