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SHIV-1157i and passaged progeny viruses encoding R5 HIV-1 clade C env cause AIDS in rhesus monkeys

Michael Humbert1,2, Robert A Rasmussen1,2, Ruijiang Song1,2, Helena Ong1, Prachi Sharma3, Agnès L Chenine1,2, Victor G Kramer1, Nagadenahalli B Siddappa1,2, Weidong Xu1,2, James G Else3, Francis J Novembre3, Elizabeth Strobert3, Shawn P O'Neil2,4 and Ruth M Ruprecht1,2*

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1 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA

2 Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA

3 Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA

4 New England Primate Research Center, PO Box 9102, Southborough, MA 01772, USA

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Retrovirology 2008, 5:94 doi:10.1186/1742-4690-5-94

Published: 17 October 2008

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Mycobacteriosis in RPn-8. Histopathological examination of mesenteric lymph node. The lymph node parenchyma is effaced with large numbers of epitheloid macrophages (arrows).

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Pneumocystis pneumonia in RPn-8. The pulmonary alveoli are filled with a foamy exudate (arrows).

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HE of trachea of RPn-8. Cryptosporidial organisms (arrows) on the luminal surface of the tracheal mucosa.

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Lymphocryptovirus infection of the tongue of RPn-8. Epstein Barr virus-like inclusions (arrows) in the epithelium.

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Immunohistochemistry for diagnosis of rhesus lymphocryptovirus infection. (A) Section of tongue from rhesus macaque RPn-8, shown at low magnification (200×) after staining with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). (B) Higher magnification of A (400×), showing EBV-like intranuclear inclusions (arrows). (C) Higher magnification of Figure 4D (400×), showing intranuclear localization of EBNA 2 expression.

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HE of the brain of RKl-8. Detailed pictures from Figure 4A. (A) Meningoencephalitis (20×). (B) Rarefaction (arrows) of the cerebral white matter (20×).

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Diagnosis of SV40 meningoencephalitis in RKl-8. (A-C) IHC for SV40 large T antigen, revealing swollen, immunoreactive glial nuclei (brown chromogen) within encephalitic regions (A; with inflammatory cell infiltrate indicated by arrow) or in normal brain parenchyma (B and C) adjacent to areas of inflammation. (D) Lower magnification view showing a single SV40 positive cell by ISH (asterisk) adjacent to a perivascular cuff of inflammatory cells (arrow) within a region of inflammation and demyelination.

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HE of colon (A) and kidney (B) of RKl-8. (A) Arteriopathy marked by intimal thickening and fibrosis. (B) Vascular changes in renal parenchyma.

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HE of RKl-8. A recannalized thrombus in a blood vessel in the mesentery of the colon.

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