Species Targeted |
Virus Used |
Disadvantages |
Chimpanzees |
HIV-1 |
- Limited Availability of animal
- Costly approach
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Macaques |
SIV |
- Different envelope sequences as compared to HIV-1
- Envelope epitopes were also different
|
SHIV |
- The difference in the kinetics of the immune response when used as a vaccine when compared to HIV-1 immune response kinetics
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