RT-SHIV, an infectious CCR5-tropic chimeric virus suitable for evaluating HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors in macaque models

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) are an important category of drugs for both chemotherapy and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. However, current non-human primate (NHP) model...

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Main Authors: Emau Peter, Agy Michael B, Saifuddin Mohammed, Tian Baoping, Jiang Yonghou, Cairns J Scott, Tsai Che-Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-11-01
Series:AIDS Research and Therapy
Online Access:http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/6/1/23