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Despite the rapid dissemination of HIV-I by mucosal routes, productive mucosal transmission appears to be relatively inefficient and is estimated to occur once in 300 or more high-risk exposures [ 17].
Recent studies have shown that the HIV-I or SIV virus rapidly penetrates vaginal, rectal, or oral mucosa attaching to and infecting primarily CD4+ T-cells where it replicates and consequently spreads to lymphoid tissue and systemic organs [ 8] [ 9, 10, 11, 12].
Sexual transmission of HIV infection occurs mostly via the intestinal or vaginal mucosa but HIV-I is also effectively transmitted by the intravenous route [ 4] [ 5, 6, 7].
Recent evidence from our lab suggests that macaques that express the major histocompatibility class I Mamu-A*01 molecule restrict SIV mac251 replication following intrarectal exposure, as reported for HIV-I-infected individuals that express the HLA B*5701 [ 29], further validating this animal model of HIV-I infection.
Accumulating evidence has implicated virus-specific CTL in containing primary HIV/SIV infection and HIV-I/SIV-specific CD8+ CTL have been documented during the early weeks following infection, before a neutralizing Ab response is demonstrable [ 13] [ 14, 15, 16].