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Characterization of novel simian immunodeficiency viruses from red-capped mangabeys from Nigeria (SIVrcmNG409 and -NG411).
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2001
Beer B E, Foley B T, Kuiken C L, Tooze Z, Goeken R M, Brown C R, Hu J, St Claire M, Korber B T, Hirsch V M
Abstract excerpt
Two novel simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) strains from wild-caught red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus torquatus) from Nigeria were characterized. Sequence analysis of the fully sequenced SIV strain rcmNG411 (SIVrcmNG411) and gag and pol sequence of SIVrcmNG409 revealed that they were genetically most closely related to the recently characterized SIVrcm from Gabon (SIVrcmGB1). Thus, red-capped...
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