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1: Nature. 1986 Jul 10-16;322(6075):130-6.Click here to read Links

Pathogenesis of lentivirus infections.

Following infection of animals or humans, lentiviruses play a prolonged game of hide and seek with the host's immune system which results in a slowly developing multi-system disease. Emerging knowledge of the disease processes is of some relevance to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is caused by a virus possessing many of the characteristics of a lentivirus.

PMID: 2425264 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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