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In vivo Models of HIV Disease and Control

An AIDS vaccine is still elusive and HIV treatment continues to develop multidrug resistance at alarming rates. Because of the similarities between HIV and immune deficiency infections in a variety of animals, it is only natural that scientists use these animals as models to study pathogenesis, trea...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Friedman, Herman. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Specter, Steven. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bendinelli, Mauro. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis,
Subjects:
Infectious diseases.
Allergy.
Microbiology.
Immunology.
Infectious Diseases.
Allergology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/b135975
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Table of Contents:
  • Historical Perspective
  • Animal Model Systems of HIV-Diseases
  • Chemokines and Their Receptors and the Neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 Infection
  • SCID Mice Transplanted With Human Cells as Small Animal Models in AIDS Research
  • SIV as a Model for AIDS Pathogenesis Studies
  • SIV Infection of Macaques as a Model for AIDS Drug Studies
  • FIV as a Model for HIV: An Overview
  • FIV as a Model for AIDS Pathogenesis Studies
  • Drugs of Abuse, AIDS, and the FIV Model
  • FIV as a Model for AIDS Vaccine Studies
  • FIV as a Model for HIV Treatment
  • Equine Infectious Anemia Virus as a Model for Lentiviral Pathogenesis
  • Studies of the Structure of Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus Surface Envelope Glycoprotein
  • Ethical Issues in the Use of Animal Models of Infection and Some Practical Refinements
  • Future Perspectives.

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