"Spumavirus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Genus of non-oncogenic retroviruses which establish persistent infections in many animal species but are considered non-pathogenic. Its species have been isolated from primates (including humans), cattle, cats, hamsters, horses, and sea lions. Spumaviruses have a foamy or lace-like appearance and are often accompanied by syncytium formation. SIMIAN FOAMY VIRUS is the type species.
| Descriptor ID |
D016092
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.650.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Spumavirus- Spumavirus
- Foamy Virus
- Foamy Viruses
- Spumaviruses
Bovine foamy virus- Bovine foamy virus
- Bovine foamy viruses
- foamy virus, Bovine
- foamy viruses, Bovine
- viruses, Bovine foamy
- Bovine Syncytial Virus
- Bovine Syncytial Viruses
- Syncytial Virus, Bovine
- Syncytial Viruses, Bovine
Feline foamy virus- Feline foamy virus
- Feline foamy viruses
- foamy viruses, Feline
- virus, Feline foamy
- viruses, Feline foamy
- Feline Syncytium-Forming Virus
- Feline Syncytium Forming Virus
- Feline Syncytium-Forming Viruses
- Syncytium-Forming Virus, Feline
- Syncytium-Forming Viruses, Feline
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spumavirus" by people in Profiles.
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Isolation of a new foamy retrovirus from orangutans. J Virol. 1994 Nov; 68(11):7124-30.