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Phylogeny and natural history of the primate lentiviruses, SIV and HIV.
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Dec 1995
Hirsch V M, Dapolito G, Goeken R, Campbell B J
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Studies of primate lentivirus phylogeny over the past decade have established a minimum of five related, but genetically distinct, groups of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), each originating from a different African primate species. The hypothesis that HIV-2 (and SIVmac) arose by cross-species transmission from sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys has been strengthened by a more detailed characterization of the...
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