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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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The simian foamy virus has been identified as a zoonotic retrovirus that infects people who have direct contact with fresh nonhuman primate bushmeat; this finding indicates that such zoonoses are more frequent, widespread, and contemporary than previously appreciated.
Wildlife, exotic pets, and emerging zoonoses (1) by Meslin, Francois-Xavier / 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
Frequent simian foamy virus infection in persons occupationally exposed to nonhuman primates.
Chimpanzee adenovirus antibodies in humans, sub-Saharan Africa by Ertl, Hildegund C.J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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