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foamy virus

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foam·y virus (fm)
n.
Any of the various retroviruses found in primates and other mammals and characterized by the lacelike changes they cause in monkey kidney cells.
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Discussion Widespread exposure to a broad range of NHP body fluids and tissues encountered during hunting, butchering, or keeping primates as pets has been implicated in the emergence of 3 different retrovirus genera: HIV, HTLV, and, more recently, simian foamy virus (2-5,7,16,28,32).
Simian T-lymphotropic virus diversity among nonhuman primates, ... by Sintasath, David M.; Wolfe, Nathan D.; LeBreton, Matthew; Jia, Hongwei; Garcia, Albert D.; Diffo, Jo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Lab results show that many of the animals had been exposed to four common monkey viruses: 97 percent of the monkeys showed evidence of exposure to simian foamy virus, 95 percent to rhesus cytomegalovirus, 90 percent to simian virus 40, and 64 percent to herpes B virus.
At iconic Asian temple, monkeys harbor viruses by Science News
People in central Africa who had tucked in to 'bushmeat' - which includes gorilla flesh - showed evidence of simian foamy virus.
Ape meat AIDS link by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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