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Definition of Lentivirus
1. Noun. Any of a group of viruses, of the genus ''Lentivirus'', that have a long incubation period ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lentivirus
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Medical Definition of Lentivirus
1. A genus of the family retroviridae consisting of non-oncogenic retroviruses that produce multi-organ diseases characterised by long incubation periods and persistent infection. Lentiviruses are unique in that they contain open reading frames (orfs) between the pol and env genes and in the 3' env region. Five serogroups are recognised, reflecting the mammalian hosts with which they are associated. HIV-1 is the type species. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lentivirus
Literary usage of Lentivirus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of HIV/Aids-related Terms edited by Barry Leonard (1995)
"HIV-1 is classified as a lentivirus in a subgroup of retroviruses. See also
lentivirus; Retrovirus. 2. Most viruses and all bacteria, plants and animals ..."
2. Report of the Surgeon Generals Workshop on Children With HIV Infection And edited by Benjamin K. Silverman, Anthony Waddell (1987)
"These include Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) or "swamp fever" described first in
1904, Visna—the prototypic lentivirus which causes a neurologic disease of ..."
3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... caprine encephalitis-arthritis virus and feline lentivirus, as models of human
AIDS; etiology and pathogenesis of enteric viral and bacterial infections ..."
4. Statistics in Molecular Biology and Genetics: Selected Proceedings of a 1997 by Françoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch (1999)
"An African primate lentivirus (SIVsm) closely related to HIV-2. Nature 339 389-391.
HOLMES, EC and GARNETT, GP (1994). Genes, trees and infections: ..."
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