Methods and compositions for treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of a virus comprise administering to a patient antibodies which react with regions of viral proteins and result in neutralization of infectivity and inactivation of functionally essential events in the life cycle of the virus. The antibodies recognize viral epitopes which fail to elicit an immune response in man when encountered through infection or naturally through the environment. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides compositions and methods useful in the treatment and diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections.
用于治疗、诊断和预防病毒的方法和组合物包括给病人注射
抗体,这种
抗体与病毒蛋白质的区域发生反应,从而中和病毒的感染性,并使病毒生命周期中功能必需的事件失活。这种
抗体能识别病毒表位,当人类通过感染或自然环境遇到这些表位时,这些表位不能引起免疫反应。在一个优选的实施方案中,本发明提供了用于治疗和诊断人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)感染的组合物和方法。