Baboon lymphocryptovirus

Baboon Lymphocryptovirus
Virus classification
Group: Group I (dsDNA)
Order: Herpesvirales
Family: Herpesviridae
Subfamily: Gammaherpesvirinae
Genus: Lymphocryptovirus
Species: Baboon Lymphocryptovirus

The baboon lymphocryptovirus (baboon herpes virus, HVP) was the first lymphocryptovirus isolated from a non-human primate to be described.[1]

References

  1. Djatchenko AG, Kakubava VV, Lapin BA, Agrba VZ, Yakovleva LA, Samilchuk EI (1976). "Continuous lymphoblastoid suspension cultures from cells of haematopoietic organs of baboons with malignant lymphoma--biological characterization and biological properties of the herpes virus associated with culture cells". Exp Pathol (Jena). 1976;12(3-4):163-8 (3–4): 163–8. PMID 825381.


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