HIV-1 Subtype C Unproductively Infects Human Cardiomyocytes In Vitro and Induces Apoptosis Mitigated by an Anti-Gp120 Aptamer

• Walter R. Lopes de Campos,

  Affiliation Emerging Health Technologies Competency Area, Biosciences Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Nthato Chirwa,

  Affiliation Emerging Health Technologies Competency Area, Biosciences Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Grace London,

  Affiliation Emerging Health Technologies Competency Area, Biosciences Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Lia S. Rotherham,

  Affiliation Emerging Health Technologies Competency Area, Biosciences Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Lynn Morris,

  Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Sandringham, South Africa

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• Bongani M. Mayosi,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Makobetsa Khati

  * E-mail: Mkhati@csir.co.za

  Affiliations Emerging Health Technologies Competency Area, Biosciences Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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