The origins of HIV and implications for the global epidemic

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 338-346

  Van Heuverswyn, Fran ^b   Peeters, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CERCOCEBUS; CHIMPANZEE; EPIDEMIC; GORILLA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LENTIVIRINAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TAXONOMY; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 34547482453     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-007-0052-x     Document Type: Review

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