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Retroviruses, Simian

Medical Definition: 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.
Guide Notes: a group of the family Retroviridae; infection: coord IM with RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM) + TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM)
Also Called: Monkey Retroviruses,Chimpanzee Retroviruses
Previously Indexed: Monkey Diseases (1978-1988),Retroviridae (1978-1988)

Retroviruses, Simian Medical Definitions and Terms

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