The two Human Immune Viruses, HIV-1 and HIV-2 are
members of the family of retroviruses in the genus of lentiviruses.
Retroviruses have been found in various vertebrate species, associated with a
variety of diseases, in both animal and
members of the family of retroviruses in the genus of lentiviruses.
Retroviruses have been found in various vertebrate species, associated with a
variety of diseases, in both animal and
humans. In particular, retroviruses
have been found to be associated with malignancies, autoimmune disease,
immunodeficiency syndromes, aplastic and haemolytic anaemia’s, bone and joint
diseases of the nervous system (Weiss et
al., 2004).
Reference
Weiss. R.A. Dalgleish, B. and Pillay, D . (2004): Principle and Practices of Virology. New
York: John Wiley and Sons (5th ed). pp. 271.
York: John Wiley and Sons (5th ed). pp. 271.
