Modeling AIDS in a mouse

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publication date

  • September 1996

abstract

  • Mice that are lacking their own lymphocytes are given a human immune system, which then is infected with HIV. Such models are proving themselves in studies of immunization techniques. They also yield insights into HIV, including its capacity for infecting particular cell types and its so-called accessory genes. The models may even help in establishing precisely how HIV kills host CD4 T cells.