| 摘要 |
<p>Strains of HIV-2 capable of infecting humans and non-human primates such as baboons and causing an immune system disease are disclosed. The HIV-2 strain are used to infect non-human primates which infected primates present symptoms of a disease of the immune system and are used to test drugs, e.g., anti-virals and/or vaccines for their ability to treat and/or prevent lentiviral infections such as HIV infections. Useful strains are HIV-2UC2, HIV-2UC12 and HIV-2UC14 and preferred non-human primates are baboons.</p> |
