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A -- HIV-W AS A MOLECULAR AIDS VACCINE: A PRIMATE MODEL SOL RFP NIH-NIDR-1-95-2R. DUE 031695. Contact Marilyn R. Zuckerman, Contracting Officer, 301/594-5569. The National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR) has a requirement to develop a primate model to assay the viral interactions of HIV-1 and HIV-2. This acquisition will involve in vivo and ex vivo studies in order to determine if HIV-2 or the related simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) can inhibit HIV-1 replication in vivo and ex vivo and to determine if recombinaton occurs in vivo and ex vivo between HIV-1 and HIV-2. All requests must be submitted in writing; verbal requests will not be accepted. (005)

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