Human immunodeficiency virus type 2

JD Reeves, RW Doms - Journal of general virology, 2002 - microbiologyresearch.org
The AIDS pandemic continues to spread unchecked in many parts of the world, with greater
than 34 million individuals currently infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

[HTML][HTML] Current scenario of HIV/AIDS, treatment options, and major challenges with compliance to antiretroviral therapy

AB Bhatti, M Usman, V Kandi - Cureus, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the causative organism of
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the inability of modern medicine to find a …

Isolation of a new human retrovirus from West African patients with AIDS

F Clavel, D Guétard, F Brun-Vézinet, S Chamaret… - Science, 1986 - science.org
The etiological agent of AIDS, LAV/HTLV-III, is common in Central Africa but is not endemic
in other areas of that continent. A novel human retrovirus, distinct from LAV/HTLV-III, has …

An African primate lentivirus (SIVsmclosely related to HIV-2

VM Hirsch, RA Olmsted, M Murphey-Corb, RH Purcell… - Nature, 1989 - nature.com
THE ancestors of the human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) may have evolved
from a reservoir of African non-human primate lentiviruses, termed simian immunodeficiency …

Reduced rate of disease development after HIV-2 infection as compared to HIV-1

R Marlink, P Kanki, I Thior, K Travers, G Eisen, T Siby… - Science, 1994 - science.org
Human immunodeficiency virus type-2 (HIV-2) is a close relative of the prototype acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus, HIV-1. HIV-2 is biologically similar to HIV-1, but …

Hiv-2 molecular epidemiology

B Visseaux, F Damond, S Matheron… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Simian Immunodeficiency Virus of sooty mangabeys (SIVsmm) has been
revealed to be at the origin of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 2 (HIV-2) in humans …

Genome organization and transactivation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2

M Guyader, M Emerman, P Sonigo, F Clavel… - Nature, 1987 - nature.com
Abstract Analysis of the nucleotide sequence of the human retrovirus associated with AIDS
in West Africa, HIV-2, shows that it is evolutionary distant from the previously characterized …

Identification and characterization of conserved and variable regions in the envelope gene of HTLV-III/LAV, the retrovirus of AIDS

BR Starcich, BH Hahn, GM Shaw, PD McNeely… - Cell, 1986 - cell.com
To determine the extent and nature of genetic variation present in independent isolates of
HTLV-IIIILAV, the nucleotlde sequences of the entire envelope gene and parts of gag and …

Molecular cloning and polymorphism of the human immune deficiency virus type 2

F Clavel, M Guyader, D Guétard, M Sallé, L Montagnier… - Nature, 1986 - nature.com
We recently reported the isolation of a novel retrovirus, the human immune deficiency virus
type 2 (HIV-2, previously named LAV-2), from patients with acquired immune deficiency …

Genetic diversity of human immunodeficiency virus type 2: evidence for distinct sequence subtypes with differences in virus biology

F Gao, L Yue, DL Robertson, SC Hill, H Hui… - Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
The virulence properties of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) are known to vary
significantly and to range from relative attenuation in certain individuals to high-level …