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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Resistance to HIV infection in a small group of Kenyan sex workers is associated with CD8+-lymphocyte responses to HIV cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes. Eleven prostitutes meeting criteria for HIV resistance seroconverted between 1996 and 1999. The occurrence and specificity of preexisting HIV-1 epitope-specific responses were examined using the IFN-gamma enzyme-linked immunospot assay, and any epitopes recognized were cloned and sequenced from the infecting viral isolate. Immunologic and behavioral variables were compared between late seroconverters and persistently uninfected sex worker controls. HIV-1 CTL epitope responses were present in four of six cases, 5-18 months before seroconversion, and their presence was confirmed by bulk CTL culture. A possible viral escape mutation was found in one of six epitopes. The key epidemiologic correlate of late seroconversion was a reduction in sex work over the preceding year. In persistently uninfected controls, a break from sex work was associated with a loss of HIV-specific CD8+ responses. Late seroconversion may occur in HIV-1-resistant sex workers despite preceding HIV-specific CD8+ responses. Seroconversion generally occurs in the absence of detectable CTL escape mutations and may relate to the waning of HIV-specific CD8+ responses due to reduced antigenic exposure.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9738
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
341-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Sexual Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Prostitution, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Kenya, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Risk-Taking, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-HIV Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-HIV Seropositivity, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11160158-HIV Seronegativity
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