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Modern-day SIV viral diversity generated by extensive recombination and cross-species transmission.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jul 2017
Bell Sidney M, Bedford Trevor
Abstract excerpt
Cross-species transmission (CST) has led to many devastating epidemics, but is still a poorly understood phenomenon. HIV-1 and HIV-2 (human immunodeficiency virus 1 and 2), which have collectively caused over 35 million deaths, are the result of multiple CSTs from chimpanzees, gorillas, and sooty mangabeys. While the immediate history of HIV is known, there are over 45 lentiviruses that infect specific species of...
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