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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Retroviridae > Betaretrovirus > Mason-Pfizer monkey virus
Viruses > Oncogenic Viruses > Retroviridae > Betaretrovirus > Mason-Pfizer monkey virus
Viruses > RNA Viruses > Retroviridae > Retroviruses, Simian > Mason-Pfizer monkey virus
Viruses > Oncogenic Viruses > Retroviridae > Retroviruses, Simian > Mason-Pfizer monkey virus

Preferred term

Mason-Pfizer monkey virus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • SRV-3

Note

  • infection: coordinate with SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME or if not so specified RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS + TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91; was see SIV 1989-90

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016093

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