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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Retroviridae > Retroviruses, Simian
Viruses > Oncogenic Viruses > Retroviridae > Retroviruses, Simian

Preferred term

Retroviruses, Simian  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Retrovirus, Simian
  • Simian Retrovirus
  • Simian Retroviruses

Note

  • a group of the family Retroviridae; infection: coord IM with RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM) + TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • Classes of retroviruses for which monkeys or apes are hosts. Those isolated from the West African green monkey and the Asian rhesus macaque monkey are of particular interest because of their similarities to viruses causing cancer and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans.

History note

  • 94; was SIMIAN RETROVIRUSES 1989-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015301

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