Characteristics of a novel lentivirus derived from South African sheep with pulmonary adenocarcinoma (jaagsiekte)

A novel lentivirus was isolated from South African sheep with experimentally transmitted lung adenocarcinoma. Similar to visna virus and caprine arthritis encephalitis virus, this new strain induced cytopathic effects on ovine plexus choroid cultures. In contrast to a recent Israeli isolate from she...

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Published in:	Virology (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 158; no. 1; p. 158
Main Authors:	Quérat, G, Barban, V, Sauze, N, Vigne, R, Payne, A, York, D, De Villiers, E M, Verwoerd, D W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.05.1987
Subjects:	Animals Antigens, Viral - immunology Cell Transformation, Viral Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral DNA Restriction Enzymes Epitopes Genes, Viral Pulmonary Adenomatosis, Ovine - microbiology Retroviridae - genetics Retroviridae - immunology Retroviridae - isolation & purification Retroviridae - physiology RNA, Viral - genetics Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid Sheep South Africa Viral Proteins - analysis Viral Proteins - immunology Visna-maedi virus - genetics South Africa
ISSN:	0042-6822
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