Open AccessSimian immunodeficiency virus macaque models of HIV latency
Author(s) -
Jesse D. Deere,
Raymond F. Schinazi,
Thomas W. North
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
current opinion in hiv and aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-6318
pISSN - 1746-630X
DOI - 10.1097/coh.0b013e32834086ce
Subject(s) - macaque , virology , simian immunodeficiency virus , latency (audio) , rhesus macaque , viral replication , biology , antiretroviral therapy , viral load , lentivirus , nonhuman primate , virus latency , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , immunology , computational biology , viral disease , neuroscience , evolutionary biology , computer science , telecommunications
This review will focus on recent developments in several nonhuman primate models of AIDS. These models are being used to address viral latency and persistence during antiretroviral therapy in studies that are not feasible in humans.