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Koala retrovirus diversity, transmissibility, and disease associations

Koalas are infected with the koala retrovirus (KoRV) that exists as exogenous or endogenous viruses. KoRV is genetically diverse with co-infection with up to ten envelope subtypes (A-J) possible; KoRV-A is the...

HaoQiang Zheng, Yi Pan, Shaohua Tang, Geoffrey W. Pye, Cynthia K. Stadler… in Retrovirology (2020)

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Discovery and full genome characterization of a new SIV lineage infecting red-tailed guenons (Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti) in Kibale National Park, Uganda

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 and 2, the causative agents of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), emerged from African non-human primates (NHPs) through zoonotic transmission of simian immuno...

Michael Lauck, William M Switzer, Samuel D Sibley, David Hyeroba… in Retrovirology (2014)

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Novel simian foamy virus infections from multiple monkey species in women from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Zoonotic transmission of simian retroviruses in Central Africa is ongoing and can result in pandemic human infection. While simian foamy virus (SFV) infection was reported in primate hunters in Cameroon and Ga...

William M Switzer, Shaohua Tang, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Anupama Shankar… in Retrovirology (2012)

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Serologic and PCR testing of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome in the United States shows no association with xenotropic or polytropic murine leukemia virus-related virus

William M Switzer, Hongwei Jia, HaoQiang Zheng, Shaohua Tang… in Retrovirology (2011)

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Serologic and PCR testing of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome in the United States shows no association with xenotropic or polytropic murine leukemia virus-related viruses

In 2009, a newly discovered human retrovirus, xenotropic murine leukemia virus (MuLV)-related virus (XMRV), was reported by Lombardi et al. in 67% of persons from the US with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) by PCR...

Brent C Satterfield, Rebecca A Garcia, Hongwei Jia, Shaohua Tang… in Retrovirology (2011)

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Absence of evidence of Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-related virus infection in persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and healthy controls in the United States

XMRV, a xenotropic murine leukemia virus (MuLV)-related virus, was recently identified by PCR testing in 67% of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and in 3.7% of healthy persons from the United States...

William M Switzer, Hongwei Jia, Oliver Hohn, HaoQiang Zheng, Shaohua Tang… in Retrovirology (2010)