Lentivirinae

Lentivirinae
Term formerly used to describe a subfamily of nononcogenic viruses (family Retroviridae) that includes the slow viruses of sheep (visna virus and maedi virus) and human T-cell lymphotropic viruses, including human immunodeficiency viruses 1 and 2. The viruses resemble the C-type RNA tumor viruses (Oncovirinae) in many ways, including production of reverse transcriptase. [L. lentus, sluggish, slow]

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Len·ti·vi·ri·nae (len″tĭ-vir-iґne) the HIV-like viruses: a former subfamily of viruses of the family Retroviridae, containing the genus Lentivirus.

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