A personal historical perspective of HIV
| Autor: | Philip D Welsby |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia Viral Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks Evolution Molecular Betacoronavirus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Zoonoses Pandemic Animals Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Pandemics Phylogeny Resistance (ecology) Animal life SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Host (biology) COVID-19 General Medicine medicine.disease Evolutionary biology HIV-1 Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Coronavirus Infections business |
| Zdroj: | Postgraduate Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1469-0756 0032-5473 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-137828 |
| Popis: | All animal life on earth is thought to have a common origin and have common genetic mechanisms. Evolution has enabled differentiation of species. Pathogens likewise have evolved within various species and mostly come to a settled dynamic equilibrium such that co-existence results (pathogens ideally should not kill their hosts). Problems arise when pathogens jump species because the new host had not developed any resistance. These infections from related species are known as zoonoses. COVID-19 is the latest example of a virus entering another species but HIV (and various strains of influenza) were previous examples. |
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