Viral recombination another way HIV fools the immune system
Immune system pressure can lead to selection of more potent strains
24-Jul-2008 -
When individuals infected with HIV become infected with a second strain of the virus, the two viral strains can exchange genetic information, creating a third, recombinant strain of the virus. It is known that the presence of multiple viral strains, called superinfection, frequently leads to a ...
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