tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " The testis and epididymis are productively infected by SIV and SHIV in juvenile macaques during the post-acute stage of infection"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: The testis and epididymis are productively infected by SIV and SHIV in juvenile macaques during the post-acute stage of infection. | Retrovirology BioMed Central Research The testis and epididymis are productively infected by SIV and SHIV in juvenile macaques during the post-acute stage of infection Miranda Shehu-Xhilaga 1 2 Stephen Kent3 Jane Batten3 Sarah Ellis5 Joel Van der Meulen1 2 Moira O Bryan4 Paul U Cameron1 2 Sharon R Lewin1 2 and Mark P Hedger4 Open Access Address 1Infectious Diseases Unit Alfred Hospital Prahran Australia 2Department of Medicine Monash University Alfred Campus Prahran Australia 3Department of Microbiology Melbourne University Melbourne Australia 4Monash Institute of Medical Research Clayton Australia and 5Peter McCallum Institute Melbourne Australia Email Miranda Shehu-Xhilaga - Stephen Kent-skent@ Jane Batten - cjhd@ Sarah Ellis - Joel Van der Meulen - Moira O Bryan - Bryan@ Paul U Cameron - Sharon R Lewin - Mark P Hedger - Corresponding author Published 31 January 2007 Received 14 November 2006 Accepted 31 January 2007 Retrovirology 2007 4 7 doi l742-4690-4-7 p This article is available from http content 4 1 7 2007 Shehu-Xhilaga et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Little is known about the progression and pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection within the male genital tract MGT particularly during the early stages of infection. Results To study HIV pathogenesis in the testis and epididymis 12 juvenile monkeys Macacca nemestrina years old were infected with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus mac 251 SIVmac251 n 6 or Simian Human