Abstract
We report here the first complete proviral genome sequence (DDBJ/ENA/GenBank accession no. LC094267) of a simian foamy virus, SFVmfa/Cy5061, isolated from a cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis). This proviral genome consists of 12,965 nucleotides and has five open reading frames, gag, pol, env, tas, and bet, as with other foamy viruses.
Highlights
We report here the first complete proviral genome sequence
There is a report that preexisting Simian foamy virus (SFV) infection could influence simian immunodeficiency virus infection and disease outcome in rhesus macaques [4]
Many SFV sequences were deposited in DDBJ/ENA/GenBank, no complete proviral SFV genome sequence derived from cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) has been reported to date
Summary
We report here the first complete proviral genome sequence Simian foamy virus (SFV) belongs to the Spumavirus genus of the Spumaretrovirinae subfamily within the Retroviridae family. A wide variety of monkeys and apes are naturally infected with SFVs, but no human foamy virus has been identified [1].
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