The evolution of HIV-1 and the origin of AIDS

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1552, 2010, Pages 2487-2494

  Sharp, Paul M ^a   Hahn, Beatrice H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chimpanzee; Gorilla; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1; Simian immunodeficiency virus; Tetherin

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; RECOMBINATION;

CENTRAL AFRICA;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HIV-1; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77956477507     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0031     Document Type: Review

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