Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Simian_Immunodeficiency_Virus
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:virus
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SIV
gptkbp:cause immunodeficiency in monkeys
gptkbp:discoveredBy Beatrice Hahn
Preston Marx
gptkbp:enveloped gptkb:gp120
gptkb:gp41
true
gptkbp:family gptkb:Retroviridae
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1985
gptkbp:genomeType single-stranded RNA
gptkbp:genus gptkb:Lentivirus
gptkbp:hasCoreProtein gptkb:p27
gptkb:p17
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
gptkbp:infects primates
gptkbp:naturalHost African non-human primates
gptkbp:origin gptkb:HIV-1
gptkb:HIV-2
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Human_Immunodeficiency_Virus
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Harvard_Medical_School
gptkb:National_Institutes_of_Health
gptkb:University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham
gptkb:Yerkes_National_Primate_Research_Center
gptkb:Tulane_National_Primate_Research_Center
vaccine development
AIDS research
evolutionary studies
immune evasion
disease progression
pathogenesis studies
chronic infection
viral latency
CD4+ T cell depletion
animal model for HIV
antiviral drug testing
comparative virology
host adaptation
immune response studies
transmission studies
zoonosis research
gptkbp:subspecies gptkb:SIVcpz
SIVagm
SIVmac
SIVsm
gptkbp:transmission blood
mother-to-child
sexual contact
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Human_Immunodeficiency_Virus
gptkb:SIV
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6