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Macrophage-tropic variants of SIV are associated with specific AIDS-related lesions but are not essential for the development of AIDS.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jul 1991
Desrosiers R C, Hansen-Moosa A, Mori K, Bouvier D P, King N W, Daniel M D, Ringler D J
Abstract excerpt
The importance of macrophage infection for the development of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was investigated. Molecularly cloned simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)mac239 replicates very poorly in cultured macrophages yet it causes AIDS in rhesus monkeys. Three of five rhesus monkeys that died with AIDS following SIVmac239 infection showed no disease manifestations directly associated with macrophage...
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