Article
Evolution and diversity of HIV-1 in Africa--a review.
Virus genes - 1 Jan 2003
Papathanasopoulos Maria A, Hunt Gillian M, Tiemessen Caroline T
Abstract excerpt
The HIV/AIDS pandemic represents a major development crisis for the African continent, which is the worst affected region in the world. Currently, almost 30 of the 42 million people infected with HIV worldwide live in Africa. AIDS in humans is caused by two lentiviruses, HIV-1 and HIV-2, which entered the human population by zoonotic transmissions from at least two different African primate species. Extensive...
Topics
- Africa, Central
- Africa, Eastern
- Africa, Northern
- Africa, Southern
- Africa, Western
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Recombination, Genetic