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Prevention of simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome with a formalin-inactivated type D retrovirus vaccine.

Experimental induction of simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome (SAIDS) by inoculation of juvenile rhesus monkeys with a type D retrovirus was prevented by immunization with Formalin-killed whole SAIDS retrovirus serotype 1 containing the adjuvant threonyl muramyl-dipeptide. All six immunized animals developed neutralizing antibody after three injections, while six age-matched cagemates receiving adjuvant alone were antibody free. All 12 monkeys were challenged intravenously with a potentially lethal dose of SAIDS retrovirus serotype 1. The six immunized animals failed to develop persistent viremia and remained clinically normal 8 months postchallenge. In contrast, five of six nonvaccinates developed persistent viremia, four of six developed clinical SAIDS, and two of six died with SAIDS at 10 weeks and 8 months postchallenge, respectively. These results show that prevention of a common spontaneous retrovirus-induced immunosuppressive disease in macaques is now possible by vaccination.[1]

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  1. Prevention of simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome with a formalin-inactivated type D retrovirus vaccine. Marx, P.A., Pedersen, N.C., Lerche, N.W., Osborn, K.G., Lowenstine, L.J., Lackner, A.A., Maul, D.H., Kwang, H.S., Kluge, J.D., Zaiss, C.P. J. Virol. (1986) [Pubmed]
 
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