Article
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) envelope quasispecies transmission and evolution in infant rhesus macaques after oral challenge with uncloned SIVmac251: increased diversity is associated with neutralizing antibodies and improved survival in previously immunized animals.
Virology journal - 14 Feb 2005
Greenier Jennifer L, Van Rompay Koen K A, Montefiori David, Earl Patricia, Moss Bernard, Marthas Marta L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Oral infection of infant macaques with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is a useful animal model to test interventions to reduce postnatal HIV transmission via breast-feeding. We previously demonstrated that immunization of infant rhesus macaques with either modified vaccinia virus...
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