Phylogeny and the origin of HIV-1

A Rambaut, DL Robertson, OG Pybus, M Peeters… - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
The origin of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is controversial. We show here
that viruses obtained from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa have a quantitatively …

The phylogenetic history of immunodeficiency viruses

TF Smith, A Srinivasan, G Schochetman, M Marcus… - Nature, 1988 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge of the phylogenetic history of the human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-
1 and HIV-2) is important for our understanding of the epidemiology of AIDS, the disease …

[HTML][HTML] An African HIV-1 sequence from 1959 and implications for the origin of the epidemic

T Zhu, BT Korber, AJ Nahmias, E Hooper, PM Sharp… - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
There is considerable genetic diversity among viruses of different subtypes (designated A to
J) in the major group of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the form of HIV that is …

[HTML][HTML] Direct evidence of extensive diversity of HIV-1 in Kinshasa by 1960

M Worobey, M Gemmel, DE Teuwen, T Haselkorn… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) sequences that pre-date the recognition of
AIDS are critical to defining the time of origin and the timescale of virus evolution,. A viral …

Extensive variation of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 in vivo

MS Saag, BH Hahn, J Gibbons, Y Li, ES Parks… - Nature, 1988 - nature.com
Genotypic variation among independent isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type-1
(HIV-1) is well known1–9, but its molecular basis and biological consequences are poorly …

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 …

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 …

Human infection by genetically diverse SIVSM-related HIV-2 in West Africa

F Gao, L Yue, AT White, PG Pappas, J Barchue… - Nature, 1992 - nature.com
OUR understanding of the biology and origins of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-
2) derives from studies of cultured isolates from urban populations experiencing epidemic …

Biologically diverse molecular variants within a single HIV-1 isolate

AG Fisher, B Ensoli, D Looney, A Rose, RC Gallo… - Nature, 1988 - nature.com
AIDS is a disorder characterized by a slow progressive impairment of immune function and
by infection of human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1, HIV-2) 1–4. Our knowledge of how …

[HTML][HTML] Origin of HIV-1 in the chimpanzee Pan troglodytes troglodytes

F Gao, E Bailes, DL Robertson, Y Chen… - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
The human AIDS viruses human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and type 2 (HIV-2)
represent cross-species (zoonotic) infections,,,. Although the primate reservoir of HIV-2 has …