The replicative capacity of rhesus macaque peripheral blood mononuclear cells for simian immunodeficiency virus in vitro is predictive of the rate of progression to AIDS in vivo.

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Survival of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) experimentally infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) varies significantly from animal to animal. Some animals die within 2 months while others survive for more than 5 years, even when identical inocula are used. This diversity in survival creates a significant problem in the design of therapeutic and vaccine trials using the SIV-macaque model because the...

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