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Phylogenetic Diversity of Koala Retrovirus within a Wild Koala Population.
Journal of virology - 1 Feb 2017
Chappell K J, Brealey J C, Amarilla A A, Watterson D, Hulse L, Palmieri C, Johnston S D, Holmes E C, Meers J, Young P R
Abstract excerpt
Koala populations are in serious decline across many areas of mainland Australia, with infectious disease a contributing factor. Koala retrovirus (KoRV) is a gammaretrovirus present in most wild koala populations and captive colonies. Five subtypes of KoRV (A to E) have been identified based on amino acid sequence divergence in a hypervariable region of the receptor binding domain of the envelope protein....
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