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Shattock et al. raised concerns about whether the transmission seen in our organ culture was due to leakage around the tissue1. We believe that the transmission in our system was not due to leakage around the tissue for several reasons.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health,

    Phalguni Gupta, Kelly Collins, Gregory Naus & Daniel Landers

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Special Infectious Diseases, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois

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Gupta, P., Collins, K., Patterson, B. et al. Reply to ‘In vitro models of mucosal HIV transmission’. Nat Med 6, 607–608 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/76141

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