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IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS OF MYCOBACTERIUM &SIV COINFECTION IN MACAQUES

$96,192P51FY2000RRNIH

Harvard University (Medical School), Boston MA

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Coinfection with HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis is associated with high rates of active tuberculosis and possibly an acceleration of the progression to clinical AIDS Elucidating the interplay of the immunopathogenic events that occur as a result of HIV/M tuberculosis coinfection is, therefore, of central importance for understanding the immune sequelae of this coinfection We have shown that macaques coinfected with SIV and Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) develop a syndrome similar to AIDS-related tuberculosis Using this SIV/BCG coinfection model, we plan to study the immunopathogenesis of AIDS virus interactions with mycobacteria and the evolution of tuberculosis Publication Zou Z, Halloran M, Lee-Parritz D, Shen L, Simon M, Shen Y, Chen ZW In vivo effects of a bacterial superantigen on macaque TCR repertoires J Immunol, 160:5170-5180, 1998

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