@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-73-11-2983, author = "Sakuragi, Sayuri and Shibata, Riri and Mukai, Ryozaburo and Komatsu, Toshihiko and Fukasawa, Masashi and Sakai, Hiroyuki and Sakuragi, Jun-Ichi and Kawamura, Meiko and Ibuki, Kentaro and Hayami, Masanori and Adachi, Akio", title = "Infection of macaque monkeys with a chimeric human and simian immunodeficiency virus", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "1992", volume = "73", number = "11", pages = "2983-2987", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-73-11-2983", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-73-11-2983", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Two macaque monkeys were inoculated with a chimeric human and simian immunodeficiency virus carrying the tat, rev, vpu and env genes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Infectious virus was recovered from one of the monkeys at 2 and 6 weeks post-infection. The hybrid nature of the isolated viruses was verified by Southern and Western blotting analyses. Both of the monkeys infected with the chimera elicited a humoral antibody response against the virus.", }