Primate Center Services
Elite Controller Resource
Understanding the immunological and genetic basis of control of AIDS virus replication should help inform vaccine design. As in HIV-infected humans, a limited number of macaques ("Elite Controllers" ECs) spontaneously control SIV replication to less than 1,000 copies/ml after infection. This is a greater than two log reduction from the typical plasma virus load after challenge with SIVmac239. Elite Controller Resource Services of the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center identified EC animals in a cohort of >200 SIV infected Indian rhesus macaques and established a sample bank/database with the objective of making these unique resources available to the broader scientific community.
Contact Information
- Phone: 608-265-8998
- Send email to Elite Controller Resource
- Link to the EC resource homepage
Services Supported
- PBMC samples from EC animals
- Plasma samples from EC animals
- Serum samples from EC animals
- B-LCL from EC animals
- Viral load quantification of EC animals
Key Personnel
| NAME | POSITION | PHONE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eva G. Rakasz, Ph.D. | Unit Head | 608-265-8998 | Send email |
| Jessica Furlott, B.S. | Research Specialist | 608-265-3379 | Send email |
| Matthew Moehr, M.S. | Project Assistant | 608-265-8085 | Send email |
Entry created: 2009-08-21
Entry last reviewed: 2012-05-07
