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The multi-faceted personality of HIV

The differential expression and signaling abilities of HIV-1 co-receptors may explain why macrophage-tropic strains of the virus are prefentially transmitted (pages 1369–1375).

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Graziosi, C., Pantaleo, G. The multi-faceted personality of HIV. Nat Med 3, 1318–1320 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1297-1318

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