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lentivirus
A genus of the family Retroviridae consisting of non-oncogenic retroviruses.
Pathology:
- multi-organ diseases
- able to infect non-dividing cells
- primate lentiviruses use CD4 as receptor
Genetics:
- unique in that they contain open reading frames (ORFs) between the pol & env genes and in the 3' env region
Clinical manifestations:
- long incubation periods
- persistent infection
Laboratory:
- 5 serogroups are recognized
- no Loincs found
General
Retroviridae (retrovirus)
Properties
KINGDOM: virus
GENOME-TYPE: ribonucleic acid
References
- Wikipedia: Lentivirus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentivirus
- Lentivirus
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/prod/researchlab/bio/docs/Lentivirus.pdf