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  • [[Image:8431 lores.jpg|thumb|Two HIV virus particles. Courtesy: [http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp CDC]/Dr. A. Harr ...irinae; ''Lentivirus''; Primate lentivirus group; ''Human immunodeficiency virus'' (HIV)
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  • ...re host cell machinery in order to replicate [12]. During replication, the virus transfects the host cell with its own DNA. Researchers have taken advantage ...with critical genes than other viral vectors, such as the murine leukemia virus [7].
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  • ...ious extremists in 2049. The pandemic nearly caused the extinction of the human race in less than six months, but nearly 100 million people survived thanks ...se]], but records show that even they were not prepared for how deadly the virus would be.
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  • [[Image:8431 lores.jpg|thumb|Two HIV virus particles. Courtesy: [http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp CDC]/Dr. A. Harr ...irinae; ''Lentivirus''; Primate lentivirus group; ''Human immunodeficiency virus'' (HIV)
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  • Marta Hamilton, [[Human Metapneumovirus]]<br><br> Sam McQuiston, [[Nipah Virus]]<br><br>
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  • ...s. Historically, lentiviruses have been investigated longer than any other virus group. The first viral etiology ascribed to an animal disease was a lentivi ...NA is then incorporated into the host's genome by an integrase enzyme. The virus thereafter replicates as part of the host cell's DNA (2). (source: [http:/
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  • For alphabetical listing, see [[Taxonomy Index]]. New virus contributions are welcome.<br> <font size="+2" color="#55075D">Virus Classification: The Baltimore System</font>
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  • ...ridae; Orthoretrovirinae; Retroviridae; Lentivirus; Human Immunodeficiency Virus (3) ...AART (a combination of three-four antiretroviral drugs) cannot destroy the virus because they reservoir in the host genome (1).
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  • ...ae|Ebolavirus]], and [[Human immunodeficiency virus|Human Immunodeficiency Virus]], ''Chimeravirus'' was created and released by the Christian extremist gro ...n of ''Chimeravirus'' was difficult, due to the combination of genes. The virus was eventually classified in Group VI due to the reverse transcription of R
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  • [[Image:025-01.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Human Herpes Virus. Courtesy of [mailto:ackermann@mcb.ulaval.ca Dr. Hans Ackermann]. From the Virus; dsDNA viruses, no RNA stage; Herpesviridae
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  • ==Virus Classification== ...erences | [5]]]. The largest known virus on Earth is classified as Group I virus under the Baltimore Classification. The existence of ''Pandoravirus salinus
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  • ...cluding the oral cavities of children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) [[#References|[2]]] and the sputa of a patient with cystic fibrosis [ ...e has been a significant correlation with its presence in immunodeficiency virus-infected children [[#References|[2]]]. Gerner-Smidt et al. identified the
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  • ...pg|thumb|300px|right|Electron micrograph image of Feline Leukemia Virus, a virus in the Retroviridae family. From the [http://www.cdc.gov CDC].]] ...ion. Members of this family include [[Human immunodeficiency virus]] (the virus that causes AIDS), feline leukemia, and several cancer-causing viruses. Re
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  • ...gether, demonstrate that both diterpenes inhibit HIV-1 RT and consequently virus replication. ...Brazilian marine alga Dictyota menstrualis against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)." ''Antiviral Res.'' 2004 Oct;64(1):69-76.]
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  • ...ograph of the Feline Immunodeficiency virus. This is a photo taken of the virus, by Michael Podell, at Ohio State University.]] ...symptoms. A more widely known lentivirus is that of Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV. Unlike HIV, FIV infects cats through biting that typically occurs
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  • ''[[Hepatitis B virus]]''<br> ''[[Human immunodeficiency virus]]''<br>
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  • ''Genus species'': Mason Pfizer Monkey Virus [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/NCBI- (Chappy, C., 1997, Petropoulos, ...ld monkeys, Family Cercopithecidae (Fine and Schochetman, 1978) and causes immunodeficiency syndrome (Bohl et al., 2005) and tumors (De las Heras et al., 1991).
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  • ...eg‎|thumb|300px|right|Mechanism of Infection of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. [http://www.interactive-biology.com/3574/aids-and-mechanism-of-hiv-infecti ...IV) is a harmful retrovirus that, if left untreated, will lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in humans. HIV works by attacking specific cells in the imm
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  • ...|thumb|534px|right|TEM image of HIV, showing the structural details of the virus. By Dr. P. Feorino and A. Harrison at the CDC.[https://phil.cdc.gov/details ...ober 1, 2015. https://www.nature.com/articles/nrdp201535#Abs1.]</ref> The virus is transmitted in many different ways, the most well known being sexual con
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  • ...shock, or a dramatic decrease in blood pressure. Depending on the type of virus, Ebola can have up to a 90 percent mortality rate for those infected. For m ...alth because it has such a high mortality rate that it is a very dangerous virus and a potential bioterrorism agent. <br>
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  • ...t this disease, it is critical to examine the molecular components of this virus and its history. ...and it has been suggested that it needs to be transmitted between multiple human hosts in a short time frame for SIV to accumulate useful mutations that wou
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  • Simian Virus 40, commonly known as SV40, is a virus that is a member of the Betapolyomavirus macacae taxonomic group. ...recent years, scientists have found associations between SV40 and various human cancers, including colon cancer [3], mesotheliomas, which is an aggressive
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...: 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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  • [[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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  • [[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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ==b.Significance to human society== ...f ''M. fermentans'' to adhere to host cells increases in immunocompromised human cells, leading to cell death (3).
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  • ...immunodeficiency virus (SIV), the precursor to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is known to infect only <i>P. t. troglodytes</i> and <i>P. t. schwei ...ire more side-to-side motion than habitual bipeds, which is typical of non-human primates.<ref name = Pontzer/> This may be indicative of the lack of specia
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  • ...re pathogenic than the other lineages [[#Reference|[9]]]. When infecting a human host, ''Paracoccidioides brasiliensis'' is capable of producing DNA ingesti ...sis in patients infected with and not infected with human immunodeficiency virus: A case-control study. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygien
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  • ...s important to study this bacterium to mitigate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic.
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  • ...0px|right|Figure 1. Image of bumps on skin caused by molluscum contagiosum virus.<ref name=Landing>[https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/contagious-skin-dise ...contagiosum virus itself is a poxvirus. Similar to the smallpox (variola) virus, molluscum contagiosum is a skin disease that is exclusive to humans. Howev
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  • ...ars for symptoms to manifest. Over time, HIV can progress into <b>Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome</b> or <b>AIDS</b>. HIV/AIDS is characterized by a decline in the ...ncy and 4-6 weeks after childbirth have only a 5% chance of passing on the virus.<ref name=Mother_Child_Transmission/>
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  • ...cidentally stuck with a needle contaminated with HIV. While treatable, the virus had no cure. The incident ended Jane's medical career, but necessitated her ...con-based microbots which were capable of targeting and destroying the HIV virus. When used with a condom, this machine cut risk of transmission of the dise
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  • ...genome is derived from retroviral gene transfer. In fact, around 8% of the human genome consists of sequences incorporated by retroviral particles. <ref nam ...ged reverse transcriptases. Once a retrovirus has entered a host cell, the virus uncoats, releasing reverse transcriptases, RNA, and other viral molecules s
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  • ...machines, originally developed to combat HIV, which supplement the natural human immune system by scanning for and eradicating known [[pathogens]]. They wer ...r for analysis. The central processor will analyze these images against a "virus definition file," a database of known pathogens. This file is regularly upd
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  • ...ause of the close connections between Chancroid and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections (Spinola et al, 2002). It typically grows on the male geni ...the Flp proteins by ''Haemophilus ducreyi'' is necessary for virulence in human volunteers. ''BioMed Central Microbiology''. 11: 208.]
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