Oncornavirus-like particles in biopsy material from a glandular erosion of the human uterine cervix.
Virus-like particles have been detected electron microscopically in biopsy material from a glandular erosion of the human uterine cervix. Morphologically, the particles resemble immature and mature type C virus particles. The significance of the oncornavirus-like structures remains unknown.
D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002579:Uterine Cervical Erosion / Q000382:microbiology*