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Abstract

Transmission, acute HIV-1 infection and the quest for strategies to prevent infection (HTML
Pope,Melissa; Haase,Ashley T.
Nature Medicine 9(7): 847-852
Publication date: 2003



By the acute stage of HIV-1 infection, the immune system already faces daunting challenges. Research on mucosal barriers and the events immediately after heterosexual transmission that precede this acute stage could facilitate the development of effective microbicides and vaccines.




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