HIV-2
"HIV-2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An HIV species related to HIV-1 but carrying different antigenic components and with differing nucleic acid composition. It shares serologic reactivity and sequence homology with the simian Lentivirus SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS and infects only T4-lymphocytes expressing the CD4 phenotypic marker.
| Descriptor ID |
D015498
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.650.589.650.350.410 B04.909.777.731.589.650.350.410
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| Concept/Terms |
HIV-2- HIV-2
- HTLV-IV
- Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2, Human
- HIV-II
- Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type IV
- Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type IV
- LAV-2
- Human immunodeficiency virus 2
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "HIV-2" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Sanou M, Soubeiga ST, Bationo F, Compaore TR, Zohoncon TM, Diatto GN, Ouedraogo P, Pietra V, Nagalo BM, Bisseye C, Traore RO, Simpore J. A decade of follow-up and therapeutic drug monitoring in HIV-2 immunocompromised patients at St Camille and General Lamizana Military Medical Centers, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Pak J Biol Sci. 2014 Dec; 17(12):1219-24.