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. 2008 Apr 1;5(4):e81.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050081.

Improving defences at the portal of HIV entry: mucosal and innate immunity

Robin J Shattock  1 , Barton F Haynes, Bali Pulendran, Jorge Flores, José Esparza; Working Group convened by the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
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Improving defences at the portal of HIV entry: mucosal and innate immunity

Robin J Shattock et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

The authors discuss the key scientific issues in mucosal and innate immunity related to immune protection against HIV infection.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: BFH is Principal Investigator of the National Institutes of Health–funded Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology; his Duke Human Vaccine Institute has a National Institutes of Health contract in partnership with Wyeth to develop therapeutic HIV vaccines. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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