Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) found that unlike immunodeficiency viruses (IVs) that infect other primates, the IV that infects the greater spot-nosed monkey is able to antagonize human BST-2 to survive and proliferate. These findings may help explain the evolution of other IVs.
Survival of the fittest: How primate immunodeficiency viruses are evolving
- EurekAlert
- 3. 3 2020 (06:00)