The sooty mangabey is used in biomedical AIDS research and is a - TopicsExpress



          

The sooty mangabey is used in biomedical AIDS research and is a natural host of the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), the disease from which the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is derived. Because it is a natural host, if infected with the virus, the sooty mangabey does not get sick and is studied in the hope that the means by which it remains healthy might be discovered and help treat or prevent the disease in humans (Silvestri 2005). pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/sooty_mangabey/behav
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:50:31 +0000

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