The origin of lentivirus research: Maedi-visna virus

Current HIV Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-9

  Thormar, Halldor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

HIV; Lentivirus; Maedi; Maedi visna virus; Oncornavirus; Retrovirus; Reverse transcriptase; Slow infections; Visna

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; INCUBATION TIME; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; SHEEP; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RELEASE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VISNA VIRUS;

EID: 84876727413     PISSN: 1570162X     EISSN: 18734251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570162x11311010002     Document Type: Article

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