Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) of humans is caused by two lentiviruses, human immunodeficiency viruses types 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2). Here, we describe the …
L Zuliani-Alvarez, ML Govasli, J Rasaiyaah… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Of the 13 known independent zoonoses of simian immunodeficiency viruses to humans, only one, leading to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 (M) has become pandemic …
J Hemelaar - Trends in molecular medicine, 2012 - cell.com
This review examines the enormous progress that has been made in the past decade in understanding the origin of HIV, HIV genetic variability, and the impact of global HIV diversity …
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 …
JC Plantier, M Leoz, JE Dickerson, F De Oliveira… - Nature medicine, 2009 - nature.com
We have identified a new human immunodeficiency virus in a Cameroonian woman. It is closely related to gorilla simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVgor) and shows no evidence of …
Evidence of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection has been reported for 26 different species of African nonhuman primates. Two of these viruses, SIVcpz from chimpanzees and …
BF Keele, F Van Heuverswyn, Y Li, E Bailes… - Science, 2006 - science.org
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the cause of human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is a zoonotic infection of staggering proportions and …
HIV-1 sequences were analyzed to estimate the timing of the ancestral sequence of the main group of HIV-1, the strains responsible for the AIDS pandemic. Using parallel …
DL Robertson, JP Anderson, JA Bradac, JK Carr… - Science, 2000 - science.org
A clear and consistent genetic classification of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) strains continues to be of great utility in epidemiological tracking of the AIDS pandemic and …