simian immunodeficiency virus

simian immunodeficiency virus
simian immunodeficiency virus n SIV

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(SIV) a species of the genus Lentivirus, closely related to human immunodeficiency virus, that causes inapparent infection in African green monkeys and a disease resembling acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in macaques.

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