What pediatric nonprogressors and natural SIV hosts teach us about HIV.
A subset of HIV-infected children shows an unusually benign course of infection that recapitulates key immunological aspects of the natural SIV infection of sooty mangabeys (Muenchhoff et al.).
Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA. Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Ann
A
Chahroudi
Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. gsilves@emory.edu.
Guido
G
Silvestri
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D011323:Primates / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D016097:Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000502:physiology*