Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Shares Features of Both Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic Lentiviral Infections.

The virus-host relationship in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infected chimpanzees is thought to be different from that found in other SIV infected African primates. However, studies of captive SIVcpz infected chimpanzees are limited. Previously, the natural SIVcpz infection of one chimpanzee,...

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Main Authors: Edward J D Greenwood, Fabian Schmidt, Ivanela Kondova, Henk Niphuis, Vida L Hodara, Leah Clissold, Kirsten McLay, Bernadette Guerra, Sharon Redrobe, Luis D Giavedoni, Robert E Lanford, Krishna K Murthy, François Rouet, Jonathan L Heeney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005146