DeCS

Descriptor English:

Lentivirus

Descriptor Spanish:

Lentivirus

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Lentivirus
Entry term(s)	Lentivirinae
Scope note:	Género de la familia RETROVIRIDAE constituido por retrovirus no oncogénicos que producen enfermedades multiorgánicas caracterizadas por períodos de incubación prolongados e infección persistente. Los lentivirus son únicos en que contienen marcos de lectura abierta (ORF) entre los genes pol y env y en la región 3 de env. Se reconocen cinco serogrupos, que reflejan a los huéspedes mamíferos a los que están asociados. El VIH-1 es la especie tipo.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Lentivirus

Descriptor French:

Lentivirus

Entry term(s):

Lentivirinae

Tree number(s):

B04.820.650.589

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016086

Scope note:

A genus of the family RETROVIRIDAE consisting of non-oncogenic retroviruses that produce multi-organ diseases characterized by long incubation periods and persistent infection. Lentiviruses are unique in that they contain open reading frames (ORFs) between the pol and env genes and in the 3' env region. Five serogroups are recognized, reflecting the mammalian hosts with which they are associated. HIV-1 is the type species.

Annotation:

a genus of the family Retroviridae; Latin lenti-, slow, refers to its long incubation period; infection = LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure

DeCS ID:

31870

Unique ID:

D016086

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Date Established:

1991/01/01

Date of Entry:

1990/06/06

Revision Date:

2015/06/23