Virus
subfamily lentivirinae
Definitions related to subfamily lentivirinae:
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(lentivirus) Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Lentivirus.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(lentivirus) 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.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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