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Expanded Tissue Targets for Foamy Virus Replication with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Induced Immunosuppression
26 Dec 2005
Abstract excerpt
Foamy viruses (FV) are the oldest known genus of retroviruses and have persisted in nonhuman primates for over 60 million years. FV are efficiently transmitted, leading to a lifelong nonpathogenic infection. Transmission is thought to occur through saliva, but the detailed mechanism is unknown. Interestingly, this persistent infection contrasts with the rapid cytopathicity caused by FV in vitro, suggesting a host...
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