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Alpharetrovirus is a genus of the family Retroviridae. It has type C morphology. Members can cause sarcomas, other tumors, and anaemia of wild and domestic birds and also affect rats.
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Pararnavirae |
| Phylum: | Artverviricota |
| Class: | Revtraviricetes |
| Order: | Ortervirales |
| Family: | Retroviridae |
| Subfamily: | Orthoretrovirinae |
| Genus: | Alpharetrovirus |
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Avian carcinoma Mill Hill virus 2 | |
Species include the Rous sarcoma virus, avian leukosis virus, and avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV[1]). Not all animals that can infect develop cancer. The tumor caused by the virus is usually in the form of lymphoma and leukemia. It occurs after a long and latent process. The tumor cells formed consist of a single progenitor cell and are clonal. However, infection from retroviruses does not directly produce tumors, but only placement and recombination events leading to tumor cell formation.
References
edit- ^ Perbal, Bernard (2008). "Avian myeoloblastosis virus (AMV): only one side of the coin". Retrovirology. 5 (1): 49. doi:10.1186/1742-4690-5-49. PMC 2442608. PMID 18558010.
External links
edit- Alpharetrovirus at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- ICTVdb
- Viralzone: Alpharetrovirus
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