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Comparison of Simian Foamy Virus Strains including a New Serological Type

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CYTOPATHOLOGY noted in spontaneously degenerating cultures of monkey kidney tissue, which was characterized by multinucleated giant cells and foamy appearance1–4, was found to be caused by a transmissible virus that multiplied in such cultures, and antibody to the virus was found in monkeys5–7. Two distinct serotypes of virus with foamy cytopathic effect were isolated from monkey kidney tissue derived from Taiwan monkeys (Macacacyclopsis) and from throat swabbings from such monkeys, and were designated foamy virus Types I and II by Johnston8. Foamy virus isolated from monkey kidney tissue derived from several other monkey species—cynomolgua, vervet (Cercopithecus pygerythrus centralis) and rhesus—was serologically identical to the Johnston Type I and also to the SAI virus of Malherbe and Harwin9, and was unrelated to simian virus Type 5 (SV5) or to the monkey intranuclear inclusion agent10.

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STILES, G., BITTLE, J. & CABASSO, V. Comparison of Simian Foamy Virus Strains including a New Serological Type. Nature 201, 1350–1351 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2011350a0

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