Simiispumavirus pantrosch
| Simiispumavirus pantrosch | |
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| Virus classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Pararnavirae |
| Phylum: | Artverviricota |
| Class: | Revtraviricetes |
| Order: | Ortervirales |
| Family: | Retroviridae |
| Genus: | Simiispumavirus |
| Species: | Simiispumavirus pantrosch
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Simian foamy virus (SFV), historically Human foamy virus (HFV), is a species of the genus Spumavirus that belongs to the family of Retroviridae. It has been identified in a wide variety of primates, including prosimians, New World and Old World monkeys, as well as apes, and each species has been shown to harbor a unique (species-specific) strain of SFV, including African green monkeys, baboons, macaques, and chimpanzees.[2] As it is related to the more well-known retrovirus human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), its discovery in primates has led to some speculation that HIV may have been spread to the human species in Africa through contact with blood from apes, monkeys, and other primates, most likely through bushmeat-hunting practices.
The foamy viruses derive their name from the characteristic ‘foamy’ appearance of the cytopathic effect (CPE) induced in the cells.[3] Foamy virus in humans occurs only as a result of zoonotic infection.
- ^ "History of the taxon: species : Simiispumavirus pantrosch (2023 Release, MSL #39)". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Liu W, Worobey M, Li Y, Keele BF, Bibollet-Ruche F, Guo Y, et al. (July 2008). "Molecular ecology and natural history of simian foamy virus infection in wild-living chimpanzees". PLOS Pathogens. 4 (7): e1000097. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000097. PMC 2435277. PMID 18604273.
- ^ Meiering, Christopher D.; Maxine L. Linial (January 2001). "Historical Perspective of Foamy Virus Epidemiology and Infection". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 14 (1): 165–176. doi:10.1128/CMR.14.1.165-176.2001. PMC 88968. PMID 11148008.