Mason-Pfizer monkey virus

Synonyms

Mason Pfizer monkey virus

SRV-1

SRV-2

SRV-3

Simian retrovirus 1

Simian retrovirus 2

A species of BETARETROVIRUS isolated from mammary carcinoma in rhesus monkeys. It appears to have evolved from a recombination between a murine B oncovirus and a primate C oncovirus related to the baboon endogenous virus. Several serologically distinct strains exist. MPMV induces SIMIAN AIDS.