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Research Article

Intradermal vaccination of HIV-infected patients with short HIV Gag p24-like peptides induces CD4 + and CD8 + T cell responses lasting more than seven years

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Pages 566-572 | Received 07 Jun 2011, Accepted 21 Dec 2011, Published online: 19 Feb 2012

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