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. The Immunology Core Laboratory 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: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/ec/
Key Personnel
| NAME | POSITION | PHONE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David I. Watkins | Professor | 608-265-3380 | Send email |
| Eva G. Rakasz | Associate Scientist | 608-265-8998 | Send email |
| Jessica Furlott | Research Specialist | 608-265-3379 | Send email |
Entry created: 2009-08-21
Entry last reviewed: 2009-10-12
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