Abstract

The specific goals are to: 1. Provide infectious disease containment and research facilities for up to 12 adult chimpanzees. Provide research services and technical personnel to conduct studies with HIV. 2. Conduct infectious disease research on the etiologic agent of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). 3. Perform studies with candidate AIDS vaccines and other antiviral treatments to control or treat AIDS in the chimpanzee model. 4. Perform various clinical and/or pathobiological tests on infected chimpanzees at the direction of the Project Officer, including the shipment of specimens to NIH.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy And Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01AO005060-008
Application #
2297916
Study Section
Project Start
1989-12-01
Project End
Budget Start
1994-09-28
Budget End
1995-11-30
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1994
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department
Type
Organized Research Units
DUNS #
001910777
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77030

  Publications

Nehete, P N; Murthy, K K; Satterfield, W C et al. (1995) Studies on V3-specific cross-reactive T-cell responses in chimpanzees chronically infected with HIV-1IIIB. AIDS 9:567-72
Alford, P L; Satterfield, W C (1995) Paralytic illness resembling inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy in a chimpanzee. J Am Vet Med Assoc 207:83-5