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2024 taxonomy update for the family Retroviridae. [PDF]

Arch Virol
The Retroviridae are a family of viruses that reverse transcribe their RNA genome and integrate the resulting double-stranded DNA copy into the genome of the host cell. Retroviruses are well-documented pathogens that have been associated with a variety of diseases.
Mayer J, Blanco-Melo D, Coffin JM, Gifford RJ, Johnson WE, Lindemann D, Peeters M, Sato K, Stoye J, Tachedjian G, Hatziioannou T.   +10 more
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Transcriptome mining reveals diversity and evolution of circulating and endogenous amphibian retroviruses [PDF]

Retrovirology
Background The evolutionary history of retroviruses and their impact on vertebrate evolution remains poorly understood, particularly in non-mammalian hosts.
Emma F. Harding, Banjo Webster, Tanu Sridhar, Lewis K. Mercer, Peter A. White   +4 more
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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Retroviridae 2021

Journal of General Virology, 2021
Viruses in the family Retroviridae are found in a wide variety of vertebrate hosts. Enveloped virions are 80-100 nm in diameter with an inner core containing the viral genome and replicative enzymes. Core morphology is often characteristic for viruses within the same genus.
Welkin Johnson, Jonas Blomberg, Dirk Lindemann   +2 more
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Mucosal DNA and RNA virome alterations and their interactions with human RNA and microRNA transcriptomes in colorectal polyps [PDF]

eGastroenterology
Background Imbalance in the gut microbiome is known to play a role in colorectal cancer (CRC) development. Recent studies observed alterations in the faecal and mucosal DNA virome in CRC, but the role of mucosal virome including both DNA and RNA viruses ...
Wei Jiang, Michael J Bourke, Emad M El-Omar, Georgina L Hold, Howard Chi Ho Yim, Siu Hei Shoshanna So, Yingshi Li, Kathleen Goodrick, Ahyeon Min, Xiao-Tao Jiang   +9 more
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Research note: Virome of Alectoris chukars by metagenomic analysis in Guangdong, southern China [PDF]

Poultry Science
Alectoris Chukar (Chukar) has been introduced to numerous countries for stocking farms or release for hunting purposes. China imported commercial chuckars in the 1980s, and Guangdong Province was the first province in mainland China to feed on this ...
Jinchao Chen, JiaXing Li, Zhihao Lin, Yangyang Zhang, Ling Lin, Siqi Guo, Shiqi Huang, Xuhua Li, Jun Ma   +8 more
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Viruses in saliva from sanctuary chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Republic of Congo and Uganda

PLoS ONE, 2023
Pathogen surveillance for great ape health monitoring has typically been performed on non-invasive samples, primarily feces, in wild apes and blood in sanctuary-housed apes. However, many important primate pathogens, including known zoonoses, are shed in
Emily Dunay, Joshua Rukundo, Rebeca Atencia, Megan F. Cole, Averill Cantwell, Melissa Emery Thompson, Alexandra G. Rosati, Tony L. Goldberg   +7 more
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Antiviral and virucidal activity of sodium deoxyribonucleate and its complex with iron against viruses of different kingdoms and families

Вопросы вирусологии, 2023
Introduction. The urgent problem of modern medicine is the fight against acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI). To combat ARVI, drugs of wide antiviral potency are needed, as well as immunomodulating drugs. Such antiviral and immunomodulatory effects
Dmitry N. Nosik, Lyudmila B. Kalnina, Olga A. Lobach, Marina S. Chataeva, Elena V. Berezhnaya, Marina S. Bochkova, Irina A. Kiseleva, Lyudmila M. Selimova, Nikolai N. Nosik   +8 more
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CLINICAL PROFILE OF HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE I: A FORGOTTEN INFECTION IN PEDIATRICS

Infectio, 2021
The Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), a retrovirus with oncogenic properties, affects around ten to twenty million people worldwide. The most common disorders associated with HTLV-1 infection are T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ALT) and HTLV-1 ...
Juliana Mejía-Mertel
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Progress in HIV⁃related nervous system diseases

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2021
Since combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) appeared, the epidemiology and spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)⁃related nervous system diseases have changed significantly.
DAI Fei⁃fei , WANG Jia⁃wei
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Os Oncogenes e a Etiologia do Câncer

Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia, 2023
O artigo de opnião de Hector Seaunez Abreu, Chefe do Serviço de Genética do Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), apresenta um breve resumo e atualização sobre a temática: Oncogenes e a Etiologia do Câncer.
Hector Seaunez Abreu
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