Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2

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In virology, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 (HIV-2) is 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."[1]

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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