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SUBMITTER: Permar SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2825190 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Permar Sallie R SR Kang Helen H HH Wilks Andrew B AB Mach Linh V LV Carville Angela A Mansfield Keith G KG Learn Gerald H GH Hahn Beatrice H BH Letvin Norman L NL
Retrovirology 20100201
Breast milk transmission remains a major mode of infant HIV acquisition, yet anatomic and immunologic forces shaping virus quasispecies in milk are not well characterized. In this study, phylogenic analysis of envelope sequences of milk SIV variants revealed groups of nearly identical viruses, indicating local virus production. However, comparison of the patterns and rates of CTL escape of blood and milk virus demonstrated only subtle differences between the compartments. These findings suggest ...[more]