An updated review of simian betaretrovirus (SRV) in macaque hosts

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 303-314

  Montiel, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Macaque; Pathogenesis; Serotype; Type D

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BODY FLUID; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVELOPE GENE; FOMITE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIMATE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VACCINATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BETARETROVIRUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MACACA; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RETROVIRUSES, SIMIAN; SEROTYPING; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

BETARETROVIRUS; PRIMATES; SIMIAE;

EID: 77956248976     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2010.00412.x     Document Type: Review

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