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. 1979 Feb;29(2):523–528. doi: 10.1128/jvi.29.2.523-528.1979

Serological definition of the lentivirus group of retroviruses.

L Stowring, A T Haase, H P Charman
PMCID: PMC353185  PMID: 85722

Abstract

The major polypeptides of visna viruses and other lentiviruses have been isolated and shown to be closely related if not identical in radioimmunoassays. By this criterion the lentiviruses form a distinct group of retroviruses unrelated to spuma viruses, mammalian and avian retroviruses that cause tumors, and unclassified retroviruses of cattle and horses. Two sera obtained from goats immunized with Mason-Pfizer monkey virus or squirrel monkey virus reacted with visna p30. Additional data suggest that this reaction represents infection of goats with a lentivirus or a new retrovirus closely related to the lentiviruses.

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