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HIV–1 neutralizing antibodies: How full is the bottle?

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Potent neutralizing antibodies protect monkeys from SHIV challenge, but will vaccines ever be able to elicit antibody responses this powerful? (pages 204–216)

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Moore, J., Burton, D. HIV–1 neutralizing antibodies: How full is the bottle?. Nat Med 5, 142–144 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/5502

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