Avian leukosis virus

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Avian leukosis virus
Virus classification
Group: Group VI (ssRNA-RT) Family: Retroviridae Subfamily: Orthoretrovirinae Genus: Alpharetrovirus Species: Avian leucosis virus

Avian leukosis virus is a species of retrovirus that causes disease in chickens; experimentally it can infect other species of birds and mammals.^[1] Different forms of the disease exist, including lymphoblastic, erythroblastic, and osteopetrotic.

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v • d • e RNA viruses: retroviruses L/S Lentivirus (HIV, SIV, FIV) - Spumavirus (SFV, HFV) A-E Alpharetrovirus (Avian leukosis virus, Rous sarcoma virus) - Betaretrovirus (Mouse mammary tumour virus) - Gammaretrovirus (Murine leukemia virus, Abelson murine leukemia virus, Feline leukemia virus) - Deltaretrovirus (Human T-lymphotropic virus) - Epsilonretrovirus Other Endogenous retrovirus