The origins of acquired immune deficiency syndrome viruses: where and when?

PM Sharp, E Bailes, RR Chaudhuri… - … of the Royal …, 2001 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the absence of direct epidemiological evidence, molecular evolutionary studies of primate
lentiviruses provide the most definitive information about the origins of human …

Escape of human immunodeficiency virus from immune control

AJ McMichael, RE Phillips - Annual review of immunology, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) play a crucial role in the attempt to control infection
with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Variation in epitopes recognized by CTL is …

The emerging genetic diversity of HIV: the importance of global surveillance for diagnostics, research, and prevention

DJ Hu, TJ Dondero, MA Rayfield, JR George… - Jama, 1996 - jamanetwork.com
The discovery of highly divergent strains of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) not reliably
detected by a number of commonly used diagnostic tests has underscored the need for …

Simian immunodeficiency virus replicates to high levels in naturally infected African green monkeys without inducing immunologic or neurologic disease

SR Broussard, SI Staprans, R White… - Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
African green monkeys can maintain long-term persistent infection with simian
immunodeficiency viruses (SIVagm) without developing AIDS and thus provide an important …

Identification of three feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) env gene subtypes and comparison of the FIV and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 evolutionary …

DL Sodora, EG Shpaer, BE Kitchell, SW Dow… - Journal of …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus associated with AIDS-like illnesses in
cats. As such, FIV appears to be a feline analog of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A …

Comparison of Chinese field strains of avian leukosis subgroup J viruses with prototype strain HPRS-103 and United States strains

Z Cui, Y Du, Z Zhang, RF Silva - Avian diseases, 2003 - meridian.allenpress.com
Eight Chinese field strains of subgroup J avian leukosis viruses (ALV-J) were isolated from
broilers or parent stocks during January 1999 to April 2001. One strain, SD9902, was an …

Genetic diversity of feline immunodeficiency virus: dual infection, recombination, and distinct evolutionary rates among envelope sequence clades

MH Bachmann, C Mathiason-Dubard, GH Learn… - Journal of …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
For the rapid genetic analysis of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), we developed a
heteroduplex mobility assay (HMA) that utilizes a PCR-amplified fragment of the FIV …

HPRS‐103: A retro virus strikes back. The emergence of subgroup J avian leukosis virus

LN Payne - Avian pathology, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
In 1988, a new strain of avian leukosis virus (ALV) was isolated from meat‐type chickens in
the UK. Studies on the prototype virus strain, HPRS‐103, placed it in a new envelope …

Antigenic variants of J subgroup avian leukosis virus: sequence analysis reveals multiple changes in the env gene.

K Venugopal, LM Smith, K Howes… - Journal of General …, 1998 - microbiologyresearch.org
HPRS-103, the prototype of avian leukosis virus (ALV) subgroup J, was isolated in 1989
from meat-type chickens from commercial flocks where it induces myelocytic myeloid …

Tempo and mode of nucleotide substitutions in gag and env gene fragments in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 populations with a known transmission history

T Leitner, S Kumar, J Albert - Journal of virology, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
The complex evolutionary process of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is
marked by a high level of genetic variation. It has been shown that the HIV-1 genome is …