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SUBMITTER: Ceccarelli G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8621479 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ceccarelli Giancarlo G Giovanetti Marta M Sagnelli Caterina C Ciccozzi Alessandra A d'Ettorre Gabriella G Angeletti Silvia S Borsetti Alessandra A Ciccozzi Massimo M
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 20211025 11
West Africa has the highest prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-2 infection in the world, but a high number of cases has been recognized in Europe, India, and the United States. The virus is less transmissible than HIV-1, with sexual contacts being the most frequent route of acquisition. In the absence of specific antiretroviral therapy, most HIV-2 carriers will develop AIDS. Although, it requires more time than HIV-1 infection, CD4+ T cell decline occurs more slowly in HIV-2 than i ...[more]