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Identification and characterization of highly divergent simian foamy viruses in a wide range of new world primates from Brazil.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Muniz Cláudia P, Troncoso Lian L, Moreira Miguel A, Soares Esmeralda A, Pissinatti Alcides, Bonvicino Cibele R, Seuánez Héctor N, Sharma Bechan, Jia Hongwei, Shankar Anupama, Switzer William M, Santos André F, Soares Marcelo A
Abstract excerpt
Foamy viruses naturally infect a wide range of mammals, including Old World (OWP) and New World primates (NWP), which are collectively called simian foamy viruses (SFV). While NWP species in Central and South America are highly diverse, only SFV from captive marmoset, spider monkey, and squirrel monkey have been genetically characterized and the molecular epidemiology of SFV infection in NWPs remains unknown. We...
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