The causes and consequences of HIV evolution

A Rambaut, D Posada, KA Crandall… - Nature Reviews …, 2004 - nature.com
Understanding the evolution of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is crucial for
reconstructing its origin, deciphering its interaction with the immune system and developing …

Going wild: lessons from naturally occurring T-lymphotropic lentiviruses

S VandeWoude, C Apetrei - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Over 40 nonhuman primate (NHP) species harbor species-specific simian
immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs). Similarly, more than 20 species of nondomestic felids and …

[PDF][PDF] The history of SIVS and AIDS: epidemiology, phylogeny and biology of isolates from naturally SIV infected non-human primates (NHP) in Africa

C Apetrei, DL Robertson, PA Marx - Front Biosci, 2004 - researchgate.net
Introduction 3. Discovery of SIVs in African non-human primate species: the path from the
discovery of the simian origin of HIVs to the characterization of the largest and most diverse …

The potency of Nef-mediated SERINC5 antagonism correlates with the prevalence of primate lentiviruses in the wild

A Heigele, D Kmiec, K Regensburger, S Langer… - Cell host & …, 2016 - cell.com
The cellular factor serine incorporator 5 (SERINC5) impairs HIV-1 infectivity but is
antagonized by the viral Nef protein. We analyzed the anti-SERINC5 activity of Nef proteins …

Molecular epidemiology of simian immunodeficiency virus SIVsm in US primate centers unravels the origin of SIVmac and SIVstm

C Apetrei, A Kaur, NW Lerche, M Metzger… - Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Retrospective molecular epidemiology was performed on samples from four sooty
mangabey (SM) colonies in the United States to characterize simian immunodeficiency virus …

Evidence for continuing cross-species transmission of SIVsmm to humans: characterization of a new HIV-2 lineage in rural Côte d'Ivoire

A Ayouba, C Akoua-Koffi, S Calvignac-Spencer… - Aids, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Abstract HIV types 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2) are the result of multiple cross-species
transmissions of their simian counterparts (SIVs) to humans. We studied whether new SIVs …

Convergence and divergence in the evolution of the APOBEC3G-Vif interaction reveal ancient origins of simian immunodeficiency viruses

AA Compton, M Emerman - PLoS pathogens, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Naturally circulating lentiviruses are abundant in African primate species today, yet their
origins and history of transmitting between hosts remain obscure. As a means to better …

Foci of Endemic Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Wild-Living Eastern Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)

ML Santiago, M Lukasik, S Kamenya, Y Li… - Journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Simian immunodeficiency virus of chimpanzees (SIVcpz) is the immediate precursor to
human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), yet remarkably, the distribution and …

SIVagm infection in wild African green monkeys from South Africa: epidemiology, natural history, and evolutionary considerations

D Ma, A Jasinska, J Kristoff, JP Grobler, T Turner… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Pathogenesis studies of SIV infection have not been performed to date in wild monkeys due
to difficulty in collecting and storing samples on site and the lack of analytical reagents …

New Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infecting De Brazza's Monkeys (Cercopithecus neglectus): Evidence for a Cercopithecus Monkey Virus Clade

F Bibollet-Ruche, E Bailes, F Gao, X Pourrut… - Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nearly complete sequences of simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) infecting 18 different
nonhuman primate species in sub-Saharan Africa have now been reported; yet, our …