HIV-2

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HIV-2	Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2

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An enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA) HIV screening test for HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies was required for all children <15 years of age who had received blood or blood products, had an HIV-positive mother, or in the judgment of the assessing medical practitioner, was noted to have any other identified HIV infection risk factor. Emerging pediatric HIV epidemic related to migration by Gushulak, Brian D. / Emerging Infectious Diseases HIV-2, a less virulent variant of HIV which causes AIDS in people, also causes an AIDS-like syndrome in baboons. The Evidence That HIV Causes AIDS by Pamphlet by: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases While the finding doesn't reveal the origin of HIV, many scientists suspect that HIV-1 came from chimpanzees and HIV-2 from monkeys called sooty mangabeys. Blood tests establish early HIV case by Seppa, Nathan / Science News More results

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An enzyme-linked immunoassay (EIA) HIV screening test for HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies was required for all children <15 years of age who had received blood or blood products, had an HIV-positive mother, or in the judgment of the assessing medical practitioner, was noted to have any other identified HIV infection risk factor.

Emerging pediatric HIV epidemic related to migration by Gushulak, Brian D. / Emerging Infectious Diseases

HIV-2, a less virulent variant of HIV which causes AIDS in people, also causes an AIDS-like syndrome in baboons.

The Evidence That HIV Causes AIDS by Pamphlet by: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

While the finding doesn't reveal the origin of HIV, many scientists suspect that HIV-1 came from chimpanzees and HIV-2 from monkeys called sooty mangabeys.

Blood tests establish early HIV case by Seppa, Nathan / Science News

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