Retroviruses, Simian

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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.

Descriptor ID	D015301
MeSH Number(s)	B04.820.650.805 B04.909.574.807.805 B04.909.777.731.805
Concept/Terms	Retroviruses, Simian Retroviruses, Simian Simian Retroviruses Retrovirus, Simian Simian Retrovirus Monkey Retroviruses Monkey Retroviruses Monkey Retrovirus Retrovirus, Monkey Retroviruses, Monkey Chimpanzee Retroviruses Chimpanzee Retroviruses Chimpanzee Retrovirus Retrovirus, Chimpanzee Retroviruses, Chimpanzee

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Retroviruses, Simian".

Organisms [B]
Viruses [B04]
RNA Viruses [B04.820]
Retroviridae [B04.820.650]
Retroviruses, Simian [B04.820.650.805]
Vertebrate Viruses [B04.909]
Oncogenic Viruses [B04.909.574]
Retroviridae [B04.909.574.807]
Retroviruses, Simian [B04.909.574.807.805]
RNA Viruses [B04.909.777]
Retroviridae [B04.909.777.731]
Retroviruses, Simian [B04.909.777.731.805]

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