Lentivirus
Lentivirus (lente-, Latin for "slow") is a genus of retroviruses that cause chronic and deadly diseases characterized by long incubation periods, in the human and other mammalian species. The best known lentivirus is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS. Lentiviruses are also hosted in apes, cows, goats, horses, cats, and sheep. Recently, lentiviruses have been found in monkeys, lemurs, Malayan flying lemur (neither a true lemur nor a primate), rabbits, and ferrets. Lentiviruses and
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
human immunodeficiency virus 1
speciesLentivirus humimdef-i
bovine immunodeficiency virus
speciesLentivirus bovimdef
caprine arthritis encephalitis virus
speciesLentivirus capartenc
equine infectious anemia virus
speciesLentivirus equinfane
feline immunodeficiency virus
speciesLentivirus felimdef
human immunodeficiency virus 2
speciesLentivirus humimdef-ii
Jembrana disease virus
speciesLentivirus bovjem
puma lentivirus
speciesLentivirus pum
simian immunodeficiency virus
speciesLentivirus simimdef
Visna/maedi virus
speciesLentivirus ovivismae
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