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 …

The lentivirus human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS by interacting with a large
number of different cells in the body and escaping the host immune response against it. HIV …

Findings from the field of evolutionary biology are yielding dramatic insights for health
scientists, especially those involved in the fight against infectious diseases. This book is the …

To study the evolutionary relationship of reverse transcriptase (RT) containing genetic
elements, a phylogenetic tree of 82 retroelements from animals, plants, protozoans and …

SIMIAN immunodeficiency viruses have been isolated from four species of monkey,
the'captive'macaque1 and mangabey2–4 and the'feral'African green monkey5 and …

To assess human exposure to Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in west central Africa,
we looked for SIV infection in 788 monkeys that were hunted in the rainforests of Cameroon …

The binding of the CD4 receptor by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 exterior
envelope glycoprotein is important for virus entry and cytopathic effect. To investigate the …

The genomes of the four primate lentiviral groups are complex and contain several
regulatory or accessory genes. Two of these genes, vpr and vpx, are found in various …

Over 40 nonhuman primate (NHP) species harbor species-specific simian
immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs). Similarly, more than 20 species of nondomestic felids and …

The importance of the vpr gene for simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) replication,
persistence, and disease progression was examined by using the infectious pathogenic …