Effective treatment of SIVcpz-induced immunodeficiency in a captive western chimpanzee

Effective treatment of SIVcpz-induced immunodeficiency in a captive western chimpanzee

Abstract Background Simian immunodeficiency virus of chimpanzees (SIVcpz), the progenitor of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), is associated with increased mortality and AIDS-like immunopathology in wild-living chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Surprisingly, however, similar findings have no...

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Main Authors: Hannah J. Barbian, Raven Jackson-Jewett, Corrine S. Brown, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, Gerald H. Learn, Timothy Decker, Edward F. Kreider, Yingying Li, Thomas N. Denny, Paul M. Sharp, George M. Shaw, Jeffrey Lifson, Edward P. Acosta, Michael S. Saag, Katharine J. Bar, Beatrice H. Hahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Retrovirology
Subjects:
SIVcpz
Chimpanzees
Antiretroviral therapy
AIDS
Drug resistance
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12977-017-0359-0

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