Baboon endogenous virus evolution and ecology.
Cross-species transmission of retroviruses among primates has recently been recognized as the source of the current epidemics of HIV-1, HIV-2 and human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). The distribution of baboon endogenous virus among non-human primates resembles that of exogenous viruses and appears to be a consequence of different primate species sharing the same habitat.
van der Kuyl
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Dept of Human Retrovirology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. kuyl@amceva.amc.uva.nl
Dekker
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JT
Goudsmit
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J
D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D011323:Primates / Q000821:virology*; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D013045:Species Specificity; D016662:Virus Integration