Article
Human infection by genetically diverse SIVSM-related HIV-2 in west Africa.
Nature - 6 Aug 1992
Gao F, Yue L, White A T, Pappas P G, Barchue J, Hanson A P, Greene B M, Sharp P M, Shaw G M, Hahn B H
Abstract excerpt
Our understanding of the biology and origins of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) derives from studies of cultured isolates from urban populations experiencing epidemic infection and disease. To test the hypothesis that such isolates might represent only a subset of a larger, geneticall...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Genes, env
- Genes, pol
- Genetic Variation
- HIV Infections
- HIV Long Terminal Repeat
- HIV-2
- Humans
- Liberia
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus