Humanized Mice for Modeling Human Infectious Disease: Challenges, Progress, and Outlook

Nicolas Legrand, Alexander Ploss, Rudi Balling, Pablo D. Becker, Chiara Borsotti, Nicolas Brezillon, Jennifer Debarry, Ype de Jong, Hongkui Deng, James P. Di Santo, Stephanie Eisenbarth, Elizabeth Eynon, Richard A. Flavell, Carlos A. Guzman, Nicholas D. Huntington, Dina Kremsdorf, Michael P. Manns, Markus G. Manz, Jean Jacques Mention, Michael OttChozhavendan Rathinam, Charles M. Rice, Anthony Rongvaux, Sean Stevens, Hergen Spits, Hélène Strick-Marchand, Hitoshi Takizawa, Anja U. van Lent, Chengyan Wang, Kees Weijer, Tim Willinger, Patrick Ziegler

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Abstract

Over 800 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis viruses, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and malaria, resulting in more than 5 million deaths annually. Here we discuss the potential and challenges of humanized mouse models for developing effective and affordable therapies and vaccines, which are desperately needed to combat these diseases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5-9
Number of pages5
JournalCell Host and Microbe
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 23 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Virology
  • Parasitology
  • Microbiology

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