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simian immunodeficiency virus
health., anim.husb.
virus de l'immunodéficience simienne
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Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
abbr., virol.
SMV
(
I. Havkin
)
simian immunodeficiency virus
SIV
med.
An HIV-like virus that can infect monkeys and apes and can cause a disease similar to AIDS. Because HIV and simian immunodeficiency virus
SIV
are closely related viruses, researchers study SIV as a way to learn more about HIV. However, SIV cannot infect humans, and HIV cannot infect monkeys.
see also
human immunodeficiency virus
simian immunodeficiency virus
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