Also known as: Tropism
When HIV selectively attaches to a particular coreceptor on the surface of the host cell. HIV can attach to either the CCR5 coreceptor (R5-tropic) or the CXCR4 coreceptor (X4-tropic) or both (dual-tropic).
See Related Term(s): Dual-Tropic Virus, R5-Tropic Virus, X4-Tropic Virus