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• Published Subscription 9 Jul 2018

  An Update on HIV-2 Infection

  By Gandham Pavani

  Abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV–2) infection is an important cause of disease in a number of regions of the world. But the knowledge about this infection is sparse. Prevalence data on HIV-2 is heterogeneous. HIV-2 has a lower infectivity than HIV-1 which can be related to the lower RNA levels in this virus. The rate of progression to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in HIV-2-infected patients is highly variable making …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 34–42 Read article →