The Human Immune Response to HIV and its Impact in the Potential Development of an Inactivated HIV Vaccine

• Published in: AIDS reviews Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 151 - 157
• Main Authors: Rios, Adan, Pottet, Ethan C, Siwak, Edward B, Anderson, Dallas W, Yao, Qizhi C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Spain 01.07.2016
• Subjects: AIDS Vaccines - immunology; HIV Infections - immunology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV-1 - genetics; HIV-1 - immunology; Humans; Lentivirus; Retroviridae; Vaccines, Synthetic - immunology; Virus Inactivation
• ISSN: 1139-6121; 1698-6997

There is evidence that the transmission and acute phase of HIV infection triggers an immune response capable of controlling HIV subverted by the process of virus integration, essential to the replicative cycle of retroviruses. We review here two aspects that deserve consideration in light of recent...