In vivo models of HIV disease and control /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Friedman, Herman, Specter, Steven, Bendinelli, Mauro
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2006]
Series:Infectious agents and pathogenesis.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Historical perspectives
  • 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