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HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus 1

Human immunodeficiency virus 2

The human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus ) that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. Without treatment, average survival time after infection with HIV is estimated to be 9 to 11 years, depending on the HIV subtype. [ 3 ] Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood. semen. vaginal fluid. pre-ejaculate. or breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells .

Classification

Structure and genome

Structure of the RNA genome of HIV-1

The RNA genome consists of at least seven structural landmarks (LTR. TAR. RRE. PE, SLIP, CRS, and INS), and nine genes ( gag . pol . and env . tat . rev . nef . vif . vpr . vpu . and sometimes a tenth tev . which is a fusion of tat env and rev), encoding 19 proteins. Three of these genes, gag . pol . and env . contain information needed to make the structural proteins for new virus particles. [ 15 ] For example, env codes for a protein called gp160 that is broken down by a cellular protease to form gp120 and gp41. The six remaining genes, tat . rev . nef . vif . vpr . and vpu (or vpx in the case of HIV-2), are regulatory genes for proteins that control the ability of HIV to infect cells, produce new copies of virus (replicate), or cause disease. [ 15 ]

Nef also interacts with SH3 domains. The Vpu protein (p16) influences the release of new virus particles from infected cells. [ 15 ] The ends of each strand of HIV RNA contain an RNA sequence called the long terminal repeat (LTR). Regions in the LTR act as switches to control production of new viruses and can be triggered by proteins from either HIV or the host cell. The Psi element is involved in viral genome packaging and recognized by Gag and Rev proteins. The SLIP element (TTTTTT) is involved in the frameshift in the Gag-Pol reading frame required to make functional Pol. [ 15 ]