In vivo Models of HIV Disease and Control

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Friedman, Herman (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Specter, Steven (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bendinelli, Mauro (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Σειρά: Infectious Diseases and Pathogenesis,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Allergy.; Infectious diseases.; Microbiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Allergology.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.