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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 103924, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/103924
Review Article
Characterization of an Effective CTL Response against HIV and SIV Infections
Health Sciences Research Institute, Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain
Received 1 July 2011; Accepted 1 August 2011
Academic Editor: Zhengguo Xiao
Copyright © 2011 Meritxell Genescà. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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