Retroviral particles in neoplasms of Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 561-564

  Chandra, A M S ^a   Jacobson, E R ^b   Munn, R J ^b  

^a EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pythons; Retrovirus; Snakes; Tumors; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PYTHON MOLURUS; PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOPLASM; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SNAKE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BOIDAE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROVIRIDAE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VIRION;

EID: 0035462132     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.38-5-561     Document Type: Article

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