Humanized mice for modeling human infectious disease: challenges, progress, and outlook
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A Double Humanized BLT-mice Model Featuring a Stable Human-Like Gut Microbiome and Human Immune System
Published on: August 30, 2019
Nicolas Legrand1, Alexander Ploss, Rudi Balling
1Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands.
Cell Host & Microbe
|July 21, 2009
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.

