Alpharetrovirus
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Alpharetrovirus | ||||||||
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Avian leukosis virus |
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Rous sarcoma virus |
An alpharetrovirus is a genus of the retroviridae family. It has type C morphology. Members can cause sarcomas, other tumors, and anaemia of wild and domestic birds and also affect rats.
Species include the Rous sarcoma virus, avian leukosis virus and avian myeloblastosis virus.
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