HIV-2

HIV-2 was isolated in 1986 from people with AIDS in west Africa. It is thought to have present in the population for a long time previously. It is still found mostly in West Africa. Immune system damage in HIV-2 patients tends to come more slowly than it does in HIV-1. It accounts for about one-tenth of one percent of HIV infections worldwide.

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