Natural scrub typhus antibody suppresses HIV CXCR4(X4) viruses

• Main Authors: George Watt (Author), Pacharee Kantipong (Author), Thierry Burnouf (Author), Cecilia Shikuma (Author), Sean Philpott (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: MDPI AG, 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Viral load generally rises in HIV-infected individuals with a concomitant infection, but falls markedly in some individuals with scrub typhus (ST), a common Asian rickettsial infection. ST infection appears to shift the viral population from CXCR4-using (X4) to CCR5-utilizing (R5) strains, and there...