HIV-2

"HIV-2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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An HIV species related to HIV-1 but carrying different antigenic components and with differing nucleic acid composition. It shares serologic reactivity and sequence homology with the simian Lentivirus SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS and infects only T4-lymphocytes expressing the CD4 phenotypic marker.

Descriptor ID	D015498
MeSH Number(s)	B04.820.650.589.650.350.410 B04.909.777.731.589.650.350.410
Concept/Terms	HIV-2 HIV-2 HTLV-IV Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2, Human HIV-II Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type IV Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type IV LAV-2 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 SBL-6669 SBL-6669

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "HIV-2".

Organisms [B]
Viruses [B04]
RNA Viruses [B04.820]
Retroviridae [B04.820.650]
Lentivirus [B04.820.650.589]
Lentiviruses, Primate [B04.820.650.589.650]
HIV [B04.820.650.589.650.350]
HIV-2 [B04.820.650.589.650.350.410]
Vertebrate Viruses [B04.909]
RNA Viruses [B04.909.777]
Retroviridae [B04.909.777.731]
Lentivirus [B04.909.777.731.589]
Lentiviruses, Primate [B04.909.777.731.589.650]
HIV [B04.909.777.731.589.650.350]
HIV-2 [B04.909.777.731.589.650.350.410]

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