Human infection by genetically diverse SIVsm-related HIV-2 in West Africa
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Genetic analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) detected three viral strains of which one was markedly similar to the simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIV) found in two monkey species, sooty mangabeys (sm) and rhesus macaques (mac). Nested polymerase chain reactions were used to determine the genetic characteristics of HIV-2 strains obtained from three seropositive Liberians. The genetic analysis suggests that HIV-2, SIVsm and SIVmac make up a single group of lentiviruses that cannot be assigned different phylogenetic lineages.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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Contaminated polio vaccine theory refuted
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Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV cpz) is endemic in wild chimpanzees but the circulating virus is phylogenetically distinct from all strains of human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-I). This provides direct evidence that these chimpanzees were not the source of the human AIDS pandemic.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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SIV infection in wild gorillas
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The discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) group O-like viruses in wild gorillas is reported. Gorillas are normally hunted for food and medicinal use and these practices would have proved responsible for the HIV-1 group O zoonosis, which might pose an ongoing risk to humans.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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