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  • Mycoplasma fermentans
    ...yet. It is also believed that this microbe enhances human immunedeficient virus (HIV) by inducing the viral infection <sup>[5]</sup>. .[[Image:hand.jpg‎| ...hinghingyong, Christopher V. Hughes, Detection of Mycoplasma fermentans in human saliva with a polymerase chain reaction-based assay, Archives of Oral Biolo
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  • Human T-lymphotropic virus 1
    ...nae; Deltaretrovirus; Primate T-lymphotropic Virus-1; Human T-lymphotropic Virus-1 Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1) is divided into 4 subtypes:
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  • Koala Retrovirus
    ...ansfer via an endogenous form of the virus, while evidence exists that the virus is transmitted horizontally as a membrane-enclosed virion only through clos ==Virus Classification and Higher Order Categories==
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  • HIV/AIDS and Women's Health
    ...times. HIV/AIDS is a complex virus with five major strains that affect the human population all over the world. There is no cure for HIV/AIDS and it affects ...HIV/AIDS dies eventually from the opportunistic infections instead of the virus itself. Opportunistic infections can be anything from yeast infections to i
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  • Simian foamy virus
    ...nkeys at least 30 million years ago, making it the oldest known vertebrate virus [[#References|[3]]]. Foamy viruses are the least well characterized of all ...sms of retroviral zoonosis, including the origin of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) [[#References|[1]]].
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  • Human Cytomegalovirus
    ...red. Although researchers have identified which cell cycle mechanisms the virus modifies, there is still no evidence for direct causation of cancer [34]. Species: Human herpesvirus 5
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  • Murine Leukemia Virus (MuLV)
    ...: MuLV_EM_image.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Figure 1. TEM of the Murine Leukemia Virus released from an infected cell. By Goff of Columbia University Medical Cent ...rus has been of interest since its discovery the beginning of 1950’s. The virus was considered significant since it was shown to induce leukemia in inocula
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  • Modern Treatments for Hepatitis C Virus
    [[Image: HepcInEcoli.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Figure 1. TEM of the Hepatitis C virus cultured in E. coli cells.By Dartmouth Medical School.]] ...here, the virus will force the cell to make many replicates, spreading the virus even more throughout the person’s body.
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  • Livestock Pathogens and Human Consequences: Case Studies of RVF and Maedi Visna
    [[Image: Zoonoses.png |thumb|450px|right| At the intersection of human and animal health there are zoonoses. Photo credit: CDC https://www.cdc.gov ...f name=Quammen> Quammen, David. "Spillover: animal infections and the next human pandemic." 2012. W.W. Norton & Company.</ref>. Nearly 60% of known infectio
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  • HIV Envelope and Cell Fusion
    ...es of cancer, such as Kaposi sarcoma [6]. Since the original spread of the virus from Africa to the USA in 1981, HIV and AIDS have caused the deaths of over ...ell as the difficulties associated with treatment of such a mutation-prone virus.
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  • HIV-1 Pre-Integration Complex
    ...s process can lead to a latency and mitosis-independent replication of the virus when the viral genome is integrated into heterochromatin and transcription For integration to occur in the nucleus, the virus must successfully cross the nuclear membrane. HIV-1 establishes the pre-int
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  • Lactobacillus jensenii
    ...ysis of lactic dehydrogenase activity in ''Lactobacillus lichmannii'' from human vaginal discharge. Although both organisms are phenotypically similar, the ...se of its known role to decrease risks of STDs, this natural member of the human vaginal microflora is considered a protector for the host from acquisition
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  • The Implications of Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Development and Epitope Targeting for HIV Vaccine Development
    ...ategies. HIV’s high rate of mutation, greater than any other characterized human pathogen [2], is thought to be responsible for the repeated failure of the ...resses the functionality of the receptor and therefore neutralizes the HIV virus.
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  • Targeted Gene Therapy Via Lentiviral Vectors
    ...mical based, all transporting DNA throughout the body without the use of a virus. Like the name suggests, viral vectors use the natural tendencies of viruse ...ation, and progeny production. By taking over the nucleus of the host, the virus gains control over normal cellular functions like immunity responses. By do
    26 KB (3,948 words) - 01:34, 18 April 2022
  • CCR5, Delta-32 Mutation and the HIV Infection Pathway
    ...Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1), the most common strain of the virus, as HIV-1 uses CCR5 as a co-receptor of infection. ...dentified[[#References |[15]]]. This led to the discovery that one or more human chemokine receptors, such as CCR5, are necessary as co-receptors of HIV-1 i
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  • Lentiviral Vectors in Gene Therapy
    ...us (HIV), simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). Their exogenous characteristics and successful gene integration prop ...he patient, or if the patient is inherently immune to the specific type of virus, then the success of DNA integration is diminished. <br>
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  • Herpes Simplex Virus Immune Response and Uncharacteristic Roles in Other Diseases
    ...e-threatening, genital herpes increases the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition/transmission by almost four-fold<sup>[https://jid.oxfordj ...especially dangerous when antiviral-resistant strains of herpes simplex 1 virus arise<sup>[http://jcm.asm.org/content/51/1/356.short]</sup>.
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  • Tuberculosis and HIV
    <br><i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> and Human Immunodeficiency Virus are both diseases that plague many developing countries. In fact, individu ...i.kenyon.edu/index.php/Human_immunodeficiency_virus Human Immunodeficiency Virus], or HIV, attacks the immune system by destroying immune cells with the [ht
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  • Simian Immunodeficiency Virus – Research subjects for vaccine and drug development and models for the origin of HIV and AIDS
    ...is likely to have acquired from sooty mangabeys (<i>Cerocebus atys</i>) in human’s captivity<ref>Murphey-Corb, Michael, Louis N. Martin, S. R. S. Rangan, ...B. J. Blake, S. F. Schlossman, N. W. King, and R. D. Hunt. 1983. “Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in a Colony of Macaque Monkeys.” Proceedings of the National Aca
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  • Quasispecies Theory and Novel HIV Therapeutics Based on Lethal Mutagenesis
    The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), the second most common infectious cause of death globally. ...s due largely to the extraordinary mutation rate of HIV, which enables the virus to rapidly evade the selective pressures imposed by antiretroviral medicati
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