Abstract

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is a B-cell lymphotropic retrovirus closely related to human T-cell leukemia viruses (HTLV-1 and -2)1 BLV can naturally infect cattle in which it induces a disease complex termed enzootic bovine leukosis. Experimental infection of rabbits, however, causes severe depression in. immune function.2 Although BLV and HTLV are grouped with C-type oncoviruses, during assembly they can be barely distinguished from lentiviruses, forming thus a specific group.3 KeywordsShort SequenceBovine Leukemia VirusVirus ProteinaseAmino Acid FormEnzootic Bovine LeukosisThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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