title: Primate immunodeficiency virus classification and nomenclature: Review.
abstract: The International Committee for the Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Viruses does not rule on virus classifications below the species level. The definition of species for viruses cannot be clearly defined for all types of viruses. The complex and interesting epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Viruses demands a detailed and informative nomenclature system, while at the same time it presents challenges such that many of the rules need to be flexibly applied or modified over time. This review outlines the nomenclature system for primate lentiviruses and provides an update on new findings since the last review was written in 2000.
authors: Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, T-6 Mail Stop K710, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. Electronic address: btf@lanl.gov.
authors: Brian T
authors: BT
authors: Foley
authors: Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, T-6 Mail Stop K710, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Leitner
authors: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, Athens, Greece.
authors: Dimitrios
authors: D
authors: Paraskevis
authors: UMI233-TransVIHMI, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), INSERM U1175, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; IBC, Computational Biology Institute, 34095 Montpellier, France.
authors: Martine
authors: M
authors: Peeters
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016180:Lentivirus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D017958:Lentiviruses, Primate / Q000145:classification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011323:Primates
keywords: Classification; HIV; Immunodeficiency; Lentivirus; Nomenclature