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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that HIV can incorporate envelope glycoproteins other than gp160 onto particles and that this can lead to altered host range, and that HIV virion formation is not dependent on the presence of a viral envelope Glycoprotein.

TL;DR: Female sex, favorable IL28B genotype, and HCV genotype 1 are independent predictors of spontaneous clearance, and further research is required to elucidate the observed sex‐based differences in HCV control.

TL;DR: It is shown that HIV type 1 (HIV-1) efficiently incorporates the HTLV type I (HTLV-I) envelope glycoprotein and that both HIV-1 and HTLV-II accept other widely divergent envelope glyCoproteins to form infectious pseudotype viruses whose cellular tropisms and relative abilities to be transmitted by cell-free virions or by cell contact are determined by the heterologous envelope.

TL;DR: In this large sample of young IDUs, females show demonstrative differences in their rates of viral clearance and kinetics of early viral decline, and reclearance suggest possible protection against persistent infection.

TL;DR: Data from studies of HCV reinfection after spontaneous clearance is assessed, flaws in the methods of previous human studies are discussed, and essential components for future investigations of control ofHCV infection are suggested.