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Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) seroprevalence and characterization of a distinct HIV-2 genetic subtype from the natural range of simian immunodeficiency virus-infected sooty mangabeys.
Journal of virology - 1 May 1997
Chen Z, Luckay A, Sodora D L, Telfer P, Reed P, Gettie A, Kanu J M, Sadek R F, Yee J, Ho D D, Zhang L, Marx P A
Abstract excerpt
The extent of zoonotic infections in rural Sierra Leone, where both feral and pet sooty mangabeys harbor divergent members of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2)-sooty mangabey simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVsm) family, was tested in blood samples collected from 9,309 human subjects in 1993. Using HIV-1- and HIV-2-specific enzyme immunoassays and confirmatory Western blot analysis to test for...
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