Article
Simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) from eastern and southern Africa: detection of a SIVagm variant from a chacma baboon.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jul 1998
van Rensburg E J, Engelbrecht S, Mwenda J, Laten J D, Robson B A, Stander T, Chege G K
Abstract excerpt
Simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) have been shown to infect many Old World African primate species. Thus far, no work has been published on southern African primates. In this study we investigated the genetic diversity between SIV strains from Kenyan and South African vervets (Cercopithecus...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- DNA, Viral
- Gene Products, env
- Genetic Variation
- Kenya
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
- South Africa