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MeSH Heading: Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
Tree Number(s): B04.820.650.589.650.800; B04.820.650.805.700
Unique ID: D015302
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015302
Annotation: do not confuse SIV with swine influenza virus see INFLUENZA A VIRUS; infection = SAIDS often a model for AIDS
Scope Note: Species of the genus LENTIVIRUS, subgenus primate immunodeficiency viruses (IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSES, PRIMATE), that induces acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in monkeys and apes (SAIDS). The genetic organization of SIV is virtually identical to HIV.
Entry Term(s): Immunodeficiency Viruses, Simian; SIV (Simian immunodeficiency virus); Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses
Registry Number: txid11723
NLM Classification #: QW 168.5.R18
Previous Indexing: Monkey Diseases (1978-1988); Retroviridae (1978-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 2006; see SIV 1989-2005
History Note: 2006 (1989)
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/05/31
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Concept UI: M0023561
Registry Number: txid11723
Scope Note: Species of the genus LENTIVIRUS, subgenus primate immunodeficiency viruses (IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSES, PRIMATE), that induces acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in monkeys and apes (SAIDS). The genetic organization of SIV is virtually identical to HIV.
Terms: Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Preferred Term
Term UI T000882287
Date06/23/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses
Term UI T044992
Date03/20/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); SIV (Simian immunodeficiency virus)
Term UI T630991
Date02/18/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Immunodeficiency Viruses, Simian
Term UI T044990
Date04/16/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus MeSH Descriptor Data 2023