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HIV/AIDS
Colorado State University describes research in HIV/AIDS
April 23rd, 2008
Researchers detail in 'Mucosal transmission of R5 and X4 tropic HIV-1 via vaginal and rectal routes in humanized Rag2-/- gammac -/- (RAG-hu) mice,' new data in HIV/AIDS. According to recent research from the United States, "Studies on HIV-1 mucosal transmission to evaluate early events in pathogenesis and the development of effective preventive/prophylactic methods have thus far been hampered by the lack of a suitable animal model susceptible to HIV-1 infection by either vaginal and/or rectal routes. In this regard, while primate-SIV/SHIV and cat-FIV models provided useful surrogate platforms to derive comparative data, these viruses are distinct and different from that of HIV-1."...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-04-23)
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