foamy viruses


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foam·y vi·rus·es

retroviruses of the genus Spumavirus, family Retroviridae, found in primates and other mammals; so named because of lacelike changes produced in monkey kidney cells; syncytia are also produced.
Synonym(s): foamy agents

foam·y vi·rus·es

(fō'mē vī'rŭs-ĕz)
Retroviruses found in primates and other mammals; so named because of lacelike changes produced in monkey kidney cells; syncytia are also produced.
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Simian foamy viruses (SFVs) comprise a subfamily of simian retroviruses that are ubiquitous in nonhuman primates.
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Simian foamy viruses are members of this group, and the high rates of viral chatter observed in Cameroon suggest a strong potential for their emergence as a human-to-human transmitted pathogen.
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Isolation of foamy viruses from baboon (Papio cynocephalus) tissues.
Primate-to-human retroviral transmission in Asia

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