1. HIV Research
Progression to AIDS is diagnosed when a patient exhibits characteristic opportunistic infections combined with a CD4 T-cell count of 200 or less. ... Consequently, many variants of HIV develop in an individual (known as antigenic variation), some of which may escape immune attack by antibodies or killer T cells. Due to antigenic variation, antibodies formed against HIV are not protective and an infective state can persist despite the presence of even high antibody titers. ...
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