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

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

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

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

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

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

Published: 17 October 2008

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Additional file 1:

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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