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Classes of retroviruses for which monkeys or apes are hosts. Those isolated from the West African green monkey and the Asian rhesus macaque monkey are of particular interest because of their similarities to viruses causing cancer and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans.
Entry Term(s)
Chimpanzee Retroviruses
Monkey Retroviruses
Simian Retroviruses
Previous Indexing
Monkey Diseases (1978-1988)
Retroviridae (1978-1988)
Public MeSH Note
94; was SIMIAN RETROVIRUSES 1989-93
Online Note
use RETROVIRUSES, SIMIAN to search SIMIAN RETROVIRUSES 1989-93
Classes of retroviruses for which monkeys or apes are hosts. Those isolated from the West African green monkey and the Asian rhesus macaque monkey are of particular interest because of their similarities to viruses causing cancer and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans.