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Mason-Pfizer monkey virus

A species of BETARETROVIRUS isolated from mammary carcinoma in rhesus monkeys. It appears to have evolved from a recombination between a murine B oncovirus and a primate C oncovirus related to the baboon endogenous virus. Several serologically distinct strains exist. MPMV induces SIMIAN AIDS.

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Abstract

A species of BETARETROVIRUS isolated from mammary carcinoma in rhesus monkeys. It appears to have evolved from a recombination between a murine B oncovirus and a primate C oncovirus related to the baboon endogenous virus. Several serologically distinct strains exist. MPMV induces SIMIAN AIDS.

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6 entry terms
  • SRV-3
  • Mason Pfizer monkey virus
  • SRV-1
  • SRV-2
  • Simian retrovirus 1
  • Simian retrovirus 2

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13 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure.

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Indexing Annotation

infection: coordinate with SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME or if not so specified RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS + TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS

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History Note

91; was see SIV 1989-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Oncogenic Viruses (1972-1976)
  • Retroviridae (1977-1990)
  • Vertebrate Viruses, Unclassified (1966-1971)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Mason-Pfizer monkey virus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016093. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016093
  2. Mason-Pfizer monkey virus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18862723