title: Pathogenesis of lentivirus infections.
abstract: Following infection of animals or humans, lentiviruses play a prolonged game of hide and seek with the host's immune system which results in a slowly developing multi-system disease. Emerging knowledge of the disease processes is of some relevance to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is caused by a virus possessing many of the characteristics of a lentivirus.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002100:Cachexia / Q000209:etiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000939:Epitopes; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006041:Goats; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D012756:Sheep; D012897:Slow Virus Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014765:Viral Vaccines; D014779:Virus Replication; D014790:Visna-maedi virus / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes; D014765:Viral Vaccines