Protective immunity against HIV infection: lessons from HIV-2 infection.

Journal article

Despite two decades of intensive research, the correlates of protective immunity to HIV-1 infection remain elusive. Much less attention has been paid to the related human virus strain, HIV-2, which can cause AIDS, but does not usually do so in the majority of infected people. What can be learned from HIV-2 infection about how the human host can peacefully coexist with a pathogenic retrovirus?

Authors: Rowland-Jones, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Future microbiology
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 427-433
• Publication date: 2006-12-01
• DOI: 10.2217/17460913.1.4.427
• EISSN: 1746-0921
• ISSN: 1746-0913
• Language: English
• Keywords: HIV-1; HIV Infections; HIV Antibodies; HIV-2; Humans; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome