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Editorial
. 2017 Nov;5(21):434.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.08.38.

Very early antiretroviral therapy permits CD8 T cells to keep HIV reservoirs at bay

Jean-Pierre Routy  1   2   3 , Vikram Mehraj  1   2
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Editorial

Very early antiretroviral therapy permits CD8 T cells to keep HIV reservoirs at bay

Jean-Pierre Routy et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Nov.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Delayed differentiation of potent effector CD8+ T cells reducing viremia and reservoir seeding in acute HIV infection.
    Takata H, Buranapraditkun S, Kessing C, Fletcher JL, Muir R, Tardif V, Cartwright P, Vandergeeten C, Bakeman W, Nichols CN, Pinyakorn S, Hansasuta P, Kroon E, Chalermchai T, O'Connell R, Kim J, Phanuphak N, Robb ML, Michael NL, Chomont N, Haddad EK, Ananworanich J, Trautmann L; RV254/SEARCH010 and the RV304/SEARCH013 Study Groups. Takata H, et al. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Feb 15;9(377):eaag1809. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aag1809. Sci Transl Med. 2017. PMID: 28202771 Free PMC article.

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