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HIV isn't the only virus that generates decoys to trick antibody development, so having techniques that bypass that decoy strategy is very useful.

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What else does this?

I think all viruses do to some extent. We refer to them as DIPs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_interfering_particle

List includes RSV, flu, sc2 and of course hiv

All single-stranded RNA viruses do that. But it's being done to them is the more correct term. A single strand of RNA is unstable and prone to mutations due to enviromental factors.

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