Reduced Rate of Disease Development After HIV-2 Infection as Compared to HIV-1

Marlink, Richard; J. Kanki, Phyllis; Thior, Ibou; Travers, Karin; Eisen, Geoffrey; Siby, Tidiane; Traoré, Ibrahima; Hsieh, Chung-Cheng; Dia, M.; Gueye, El-Hadji; Hellinger, James; Guèye‐Ndiaye, Aïssatou; Sankalé, Jean‐Louis; Ndoye, Ibrahima; Mboup, Souleymane; Essex, Max

doi:10.1126/science.7915856

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Reduced Rate of Disease Development After HIV-2 Infection as Compared to HIV-1

Published in Science • Sep 9, 1994

Authors:

Richard Marlink

Phyllis J. Kanki

Ibou Thior

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus type-2 (HIV-2) is a close relative of the prototype acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus, HIV-1. HIV-2 is biologically similar to HIV-1, but information is lacking concerning clinical outcomes of HIV-2-infected individuals. From 1985 to 1993, a prospective cli...

Subject

Seroconversion

Medicine

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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