HIV sequence database
Overview of the subtypes of primate immunodeficiency viruses
HIV-1
Non-recombinant subtypes: A1 A2 B C D F1 F2 G H J K and groups: N O
Recombinants: See Circulating recombinant forms (CRFs)
HIV-2
Non-recombinant groups (formerly known as subtypes): A B C D E F G
Recombinants: AB
SIV
| Species (stored in HIV database "subtype" field) |
Description | |
|---|---|---|
| VERVET | African Green Monkey subspecies | |
| TANTALUS | " | |
| GRIVET | " | |
| SABAEUS | " | |
| BABOON | Baboon infected in the wild with vervet SIV | |
| CPZ | Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes and Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) | |
| SMM | Sooty mangabey, or macaques experimentally infected with SMM | |
| MAC | Rhesus macaques infected in captivity by SIV-SMM | |
| STM | Stump-tailed macaques infected in captivity by SIV-SMM | |
| MNE | Pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) infected in captivity by SIV-SMM | |
| RCM | Red-capped mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus torquatus) | |
| SYKES | Sykes' monkeys | |
| LHOEST | L'Hoest monkeys (Cercopithecus l'hoesti) | |
| SUN | Sun-tailed monkeys (Cercopithecus solatus) | |
| MANDRIL-1 and MANDRIL-2 | Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) are infected with two types of SIV nearly as diverse from each other as HIV-1 and HIV-2 are from each other. | |
| COLOBUS | Colobus monkey (Colobus guereza) | |
| GSN | Greater spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans) | |
| DRILL | Drill monkey (Mandrillus leucophaeus) | |
| MONA | Mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona) | |
| MUSTACHED | Mustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus) | |
| TALAPOIN | Talapoin monkey (Miopithecus ogouensis) | |
| DEBRAZZAS | DeBrazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) | |
Related links
More information on HIV/SIV subtype nomenclature
HIV-1 M group nomenclature review article
last modified: Tue Apr 22 12:37 2008
