248 21 Main text: 7082 22 23 24 25 26 2 ABSTRACT 27 HIV-2 is the second causative agent of AIDS and is commonly considered as an attenuated form 28 of retroviral infection. Most of HIV-2-infected individuals display a slow-progressing disease, 29 lower viral loads and a stronger immunological control of viral infection as compared with HIV-30
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