Simian immunodeficiency virus burden in tissues and cellular compartments during clinical latency and AIDS

Todd A. Reinhart, Michael J. Rogan, David Huddleston, Dianne M. Rausch, Lee E. Eiden, Ashley T. Haase

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Abstract

In the course of human immunodeficiency virus infection or of the related simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), progression to AIDS is associated with high virus burdens in blood. How virus burden in the bloodstream is related to virus burden in tissue reservoirs was addressed in an animal model of rhesus macaques infected with SIV. In situ hybridization and quantitative image analysis were used to quantitate virus burden. Animals who developed AIDS had high levels of virus production and storage in lymphoid tissue reservoirs and evidence of productive infection of macrophages in the nervous system. With the quantitative approach described, it should be possible to design and assess the impact of treatment and shed light on the outstanding issues in pathogenesis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1198-1208
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Infectious Diseases
Volume176
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997
Externally publishedYes

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