TABLE 1.
Animals and experimental groups used for this study
| Treatment group | Characteristics of experimental animalsb
|
Characteristics of attenuated virus vaccinationc
|
Challenge virus | Antibody treatment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal no. | Sex | MHC class I status (Mamu-A*01) | Virus | Inoculation route | Mos of infection | |||
| Vaccinated with attenuated virus, treated with control MAb | N374 | F | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. | 63 | None | Control MAb |
| N029 | F | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. | 63 | None | Control MAb | |
| Vaccinated with attenuated virus, treated with anti-CD8 MAb | JW3 | M | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | CNS | 57 | None | Anti-CD8 |
| BB4 | M | Pos | SIVmac239Δ3 | CNS | 57 | None | Anti-CD8 | |
| Vaccinated with attenuated virus, treated with control MAb challenged with pathogenic virus | 17141 | M | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. | 66 | SIVmac251 | Control MAb |
| 17152 | M | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v | 66 | SIVmac251 | Control MAb | |
| KY3 | F | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. and p.o. | 55 | SIVmac251 | Control MAb | |
| SR3 | F | Pos | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. and p.o. | 55 | SIVmac251 | Control MAb | |
| N437a | F | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. | 63 | SIVmac251 | Control MAb | |
| 6543a | F | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. | 63 | SIVmac251 | Control MAb | |
| Vaccinated with attenuated virus, treated with anti-CD8 MAb challenged with pathogenic virus | 17175 | M | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. | 66 | SIVmac251 | Anti-CD8 |
| 17178 | M | Pos | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. | 66 | SIVmac251 | Anti-CD8 | |
| 63-88 | F | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. | 55 | SIVmac251 | Anti-CD8 | |
| LY3 | M | Pos | SIVmac239Δ3 | CNS | 57 | SIVmac251 | Anti-CD8 | |
| QS3 | M | Neg | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. and p.o. | 55 | SIVmac251 | Anti-CD8 | |
| RN913a | F | Pos | SIVmac239Δ3 | p.o. | 62 | SIVmac251 | Anti-CD8 | |
| 96Ha | F | SIVmac239Δ3 | i.v. | 64 | SIVmac251 | Anti-CD8 | ||
| Challenged with pathogenic virus only | 17181 | M | Neg | None | NA | NA | SIVmac251 | None |
| 17174 | M | Neg | None | NA | NA | SIVmac251 | None | |
| RSZ-7 | M | Neg | None | NA | NA | SIVmac251 | None | |
| RUA-7 | M | Neg | None | NA | NA | SIVmac251 | None | |
These animals received the first antibody administration 6 h prior to SIV challenge. All other antibody-treated and SIV-challenged animals received the first antibody administration 3 days prior to SIV challenge.
M, male; F, female; Neg, negative; Pos, positive.
i.v., intravenous; CNS, central nervous system; p.o., per os; NA, not applicable.