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Development Of An Animal Model In Which To Study Hiv-2, Taalin Rasmussen, Bradford Berges
Development Of An Animal Model In Which To Study Hiv-2, Taalin Rasmussen, Bradford Berges
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) attacks and destroys the cells of the immune system necessary to mounting an effective immune response to successfully fight off infection. Unchecked, an HIV infection leads to a gradual deterioration of the immune system, giving rise to many opportunistic infections not normally seen in people with a functioning immune system. There are two subtypes of HIV: HIV-1, which accounts for the most HIV infections worldwide, and HIV-2, which is most commonly seen in West Africa and countries with strong socioeconomic ties to West Africa, such as France, Portugal, Spain, Angola, Mozambique, and Brazil (1). There is, …