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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of retroviruses of the genus Lentivirus that cause diseases with a long latent period and a slow, progressive course. HIV is a lentivirus.
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- noun Any of a group of
viruses , of the genus Lentivirus, that have a longincubation period
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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By 1984, Barré-Sinoussi and Montagnier had obtained several isolates of the novel human retrovirus, which they identified as a lentivirus, from sexually infected individuals, haemophiliacs, mother to infant transmissions and transfused patients.
French Scientists Win 2008 Nobel Prize for Discovery of HIV Ron Buckmire 2008
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By 1984, Barré-Sinoussi and Montagnier had obtained several isolates of the novel human retrovirus, which they identified as a lentivirus, from sexually infected individuals, haemophiliacs, mother to infant transmissions and transfused patients.
Planet Atheism 2008
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By 1984, Barré-Sinoussi and Montagnier had obtained several isolates of the novel human retrovirus, which they identified as a lentivirus, from sexually infected individuals, haemophiliacs, mother to infant transmissions and transfused patients.
YubaNet.com 2008
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As if a lentivirus from a genetically modified cocoa plant is going to implant a promoter in out cells that will lead to cancer.
A Genetic Quest for Better Chocolate - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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By 1984, Barré-Sinoussi and Montagnier had obtained several isolates of the novel human retrovirus, which they identified as a lentivirus, from sexually infected individuals, haemophiliacs, mother to infant transmissions and transfused patients.
The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Press Release 2008
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By 1984, Barré-Sinoussi and Montagnier had obtained several isolates of the novel human retrovirus, which they identified as a lentivirus, from sexually infected individuals, haemophiliacs, mother to infant transmissions and transfused patients.
Virologist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi Wins Nobel Prize Peggy 2008
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By 1984, Barré-Sinoussi and Montagnier had obtained several isolates of the novel human retrovirus, which they identified as a lentivirus, from sexually infected individuals, haemophiliacs, mother to infant transmissions and transfused patients.
Archive 2008-10-01 Peggy 2008
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By discovering its shape, and how it behaved biochemically in the human immune system, they showed that this retrovirus (a retrovirus invades and fuses with DNA of host cells and replicates as part of that cell) was the first known human lentivirus, that is a virus with a long incubation period.
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Adenovirus and a number of retroviruses, such as lentivirus and murine stem cell virus are commonly used viral-delivery systems.
GEN News Highlights 2009
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Bronson's present production is an amalgam of shamanistic enterprise, healing sculpture, imagery, and spiritual-erotic massage-performance art that has been unofficially branded as the gay male recourse to living with the detonator of HIV still ticking in the mind despite the apparent if dubious constraint of the lentivirus in the absence of a certain cure.
G. Roger Denson: MoMA and AA Bronson Present "Queer Cinema: Today and Yesterday" G. Roger Denson 2011
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