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Nature Medicine 15, 871 - 872 (2009)
Published online: 2 August 2009 | doi:10.1038/nm.2016

A new human immunodeficiency virus derived from gorillas

Jean-Christophe Plantier1, Marie Leoz1, Jonathan E Dickerson2, Fabienne De Oliveira1, François Cordonnier3, Véronique Lemée1, Florence Damond4, David L Robertson2 & François Simon5


We have identified a new human immunodeficiency virus in a Cameroonian woman. It is closely related to gorilla simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVgor) and shows no evidence of recombination with other HIV-1 lineages. This new virus seems to be the prototype of a new HIV-1 lineage that is distinct from HIV-1 groups M, N and O. We propose to designate it HIV-1 group P.


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