Distinct antibody-mediated selection in a narrow-source HIV-1 outbreak among Chinese former plasma donors
S. M. Andrews, Y. Zhang, T. Dong, S. L. Rowland-Jones, S. Gupta, J. Esbjornsson
The paper analyzes HIV-1 envelope gp120 evolution in Chinese former plasma donors to identify antibody epitopes under immune selection, finding five sites under positive selection and four novel epitopes.
bioRxiv · Jul 24, 2017Immunology