Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Durable protection against repeated penile exposures to simian-human immunodeficiency virus by broadly neutralizing antibodies

  • David A. Garber,
  • Debra R. Adams,
  • Patricia Guenthner,
  • James Mitchell,
  • Kristen Kelley,
  • Till Schoofs,
  • Anna Gazumyan,
  • Martha Nason,
  • Michael S. Seaman,
  • Janet McNicholl,
  • Michel C. Nussenzweig,
  • Walid Heneine

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16928-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Here, using a repeat-exposure penile SHIV infection model in macaques, the authors show that a single subcutaneous administration of a broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) exerts long-acting protection against both penile and vaginal virus exposure, which highlights bNAbs as a potential therapeutic for LA-PrEP.