Independent of the definitions adopted, (i.e., LTNP vs EC/HIC), the existence of rare individuals controlling their infection in terms of maintenance of almost normal levels of CD4 + T-cell counts ...

Although ECs/HICs might seem the most valuable population to be investigated in order to understand the 'natural' mechanisms of protection from HIV-1 disease progression, it should be underscored ...

[2 ]CHU Pitié Salpetrière (AP-HP), INSERM U543, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France [3 ]INSERM, U822, Univ Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, AP-HP, Hopital Bicêtre, Epidemiology ...