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Correlation of major histocompatibility complex with opportunistic infections in simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus monkeys.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology - 1 Oct 1997
Baskin G B, Bontrop R E, Niphuis H, Noort R, Rice J, Heeney J L
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The role of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in the pathogenesis of AIDS is complex because of compounding variables within the virus, host, and environment. Important variables can be controlled by using the experimental animal model of AIDS induced by simian immunodeficiency virus in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We studied whether the MHC type influenced which opportunistic infections arose in an...
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