Woolly_monkey_sarcoma_virus

<i>Woolly monkey sarcoma virus</i>

Woolly monkey sarcoma virus

Species of virus

Woolly monkey sarcoma virus (WMSV), with synonym Simian sarcoma virus (often abbreviated by SSV, but this may also stand for some species called 'Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus', that belong to different genera in family Fuselloviridae) is a species of gammaretrovirus that infects primates. First isolation was from a fibrosarcoma in a woolly monkey (genus Lagothrix). For its reproduction the virus needs a helper or associated virus which is called Simian sarcoma associated virus (SSAV).[1][2][3]

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References

  1. [1]
    International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
  2. [2]
    NCBI Taxonomy Browser
  3. [3]
    Zoologix Simian sarcoma virus (SSV) and simian sarcoma associated virus (SSAV)


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