| hiv type-1 infection of the cotton rat (sigmodon fulviventer and s. hispidus). | cotton rats (sigmodon hispidus and s. fulviventer) are susceptible to many viruses that infect humans (e.g., poliovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus, adenovirus, and parainfluenza virus) and have been influential in developing therapeutic clinical intervention strategies for many viral infections of man. this study set out to determine whether cotton rats are susceptible to infection with hiv type 1 (hiv-1). results indicate that hiv-1 does infect the cotton rat and s. fulvivent ... | 1998 | 9826704 |