Abstract
We report the isolation of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) from each of six West Africans with AIDS-related complex or AIDS. One isolate (HIV-2CAM2) was molecularly cloned and shown by restriction mapping to differ in seven out of 22 sites from the prototype HIV-2ROD. Nevertheless, by a number of serological criteria these isolates are all clearly HIV-2.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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AIDS-Related Complex / microbiology
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / microbiology
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Blotting, Southern
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DNA, Viral / genetics
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Guinea-Bissau / ethnology
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HIV Antibodies / analysis
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HIV Antigens / analysis
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HIV-2 / genetics
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HIV-2 / immunology
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HIV-2 / isolation & purification*
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Humans
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Restriction Mapping
Substances
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DNA, Viral
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HIV Antibodies
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HIV Antigens