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AnimalModelstoTest HIV/AIDSVaccines

HarrietL.Robinson CSO,GeoVaxInc. Smyrna,GA

TheVirus nonhumanprimates

TheExposure(Challenge)Regimen
Singlehighdose Repeatmoderatedose

LaboratoryNonHumanPrimates
Rhesusmacaque BredinPrimateColonies Specificpathogenfree(SPF) Geneticallyselected Randomized
Control(placebo)group Testgroup Rhesusmacaque

StatisticalPower
Minimalsamplesizetodetect aneffectofagivensize

ImportantCharacteristicsofChallengeVirus
SequencerelationshiptoVaccine
Homologous same Heterologous different

Tropism(targetCD4cell)
CCR5 memory,mucosalsurfaces CXCR4 nave,blood

Neutralizationcharacteristics
TheVirus
SIV SHIV

Tier1 easytoneutralize Tier2 hardtoneutralize Tier3 veryhardtoneutralize

SIVorSHIV
SIV naturalinfection SHIV laboratoryconstruct
MostrepresentativeofHIVinfections

Exposure(Challenge)Regimen
Singlehighdose
Intravenous Rectal Vaginal Penile Oral

MultipleModeratedose
Rectal Vaginal

HighChallengeDose, RelativetoTypicalHumanInfections
Single High Dose
1.000

SingleHighDoseChallenge
Vaccinate Single, HighDose Challenge

12

months

Veryhardtopreventinfection
Monitorforcontrolofinfection PrimarilyCD8Tcellmediated (whitebloodcellsthatkillinfectedcells) Vaccineshaveachieved100to1000fold reductionsinlevelsofvirus

ModerateChallengeDose

Repeat Moderate Dose

MultipleModerateDoseChallenge
Vaccinate Multiple ModerateDose Challenges

12

months

Canpreventinfection
Monitorforinfection(acquisition) Primarilyantibodymediated (Antibodycanblockvirusbeforeitinfects) Vaccineshaveachievedupto70%prevention

HandyGuidetoAcronyms
Rhesusmacaquegenetics
Mamutype affectssusceptibilitytocytolytic CD8Tcells TRIM5 type canlimit(restrict)infection

Challengevirusdesignations
TwomostwidelyusedSIVs
SIVmac251 Tier3neutralization,noTRIMrestriction SIVsmE660 Tier2neutralization,TRIMrestriction

TwomostwidelyusedSHIVs
SHIV162P3 CCR5tropicSHIV,currentuse SHIV89.6P CXCR4tropic,usedinearlystudies

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