Betaretrovirus
| Definition: |
A genus of the family RETROVIRIDAE consisting of viruses with either type B or type D morphology. This includes a few exogenous, vertically transmitted and endogenous viruses of mice (type B) and some primate and sheep viruses (type D). MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE is the type species. |
| Notes: |
infection: coord IM with RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM) + TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM) |
| Also Called: |
Retroviruses Type D,Fibroblast Virus, Human, Permanent,Retroviruses Type B, Mammalian |
Betaretrovirus Categories.
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Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse - The type species of BETARETROVIRUS commonly latent in mice. It causes mammary adenocarcinoma in a genetically susceptible strain of mice when the appropriate hormonal influences operate. |
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Mason-Pfizer monkey virus - A species of BETARETROVIRUS isolated from mammary carcinoma in rhesus monkeys. It appears to have evolved from a recombination between a murine B oncovirus and a primate C oncovirus related to the baboon endogenous virus. Several serologically distinct strains exist. MPMV induces simian AIDS (SAIDS). |
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Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma virus - A BETARETROVIRUS that causes pulmonary adenomatosis in sheep (PULMONARY ADENOMATOSIS, OVINE). |
Betaretrovirus Definitions and Terms
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