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Amplification of a complete simian immunodeficiency virus genome from fecal RNA of a wild chimpanzee.
Journal of virology - 1 Feb 2003
Santiago Mario L, Bibollet-Ruche Frederic, Bailes Elizabeth, Kamenya Shadrack, Muller Martin N, Lukasik Magdalena, Pusey Anne E, Collins D Anthony, Wrangham Richard W, Goodall Jane, Shaw George M, Sharp Paul M, Hahn Beatrice H
Abstract excerpt
Current knowledge of the genetic diversity of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVcpz) infection of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) is incomplete since few isolates, mostly from captive apes from Cameroon and Gabon, have been characterized; yet this information is critical for understanding the origins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and the circumstances leading to the HIV-1 pandemic. Here, we...
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