TWiV 327: Does a gorilla shift in the woods?
- March 8, 2015
- Tagged as: APOBEC3G, cross-species, deamination, epidemic, gorilla, group O, hiv-1, human immunodeficiency virus, SIV-1, spillover, vif, viral, virology, virus, zoonosis
The eTWiVicators review evidence that the HIV-1 group O epidemic began with a single cross-species transmission of virus from western lowland gorillas.