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Efficient repeated low-dose intravaginal infection with X4 and R5 SHIVs in rhesus macaque: implications for HIV-1 transmission in humans.
Virology - 25 May 2007
Tsai Lily, Trunova Nataliya, Gettie Agegnehu, Mohri Hiroshi, Bohm Rudolf, Saifuddin Mohammed, Cheng-Mayer Cecilia
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We examined the effect of inoculum dose on SHIV transmission and infection. We found that repeated low-dose intravaginal exposure with either R5-SHIV(SF162P3) or X4-SHIV(SF33A) results in infections that are blunted and rapidly controlled. Interestingly, although the transmission rate after all r...
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