Group Group VI (ssRNA-RT) Family Retroviridae Higher classification Retrovirus | Order Unassigned Subfamily Orthoretrovirinae Rank Genus | |
 | ||
Lower classifications Mouse mammary tumor virus, Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus | ||
Medical vocabulary what does betaretrovirus mean
Betaretrovirus is a genus of the Retroviridae family. It has type B or type D morphology. The type B is common for a few exogenous, vertically transmitted and endogenous viruses of mice; some primate and sheep viruses are the type D.
Examples are the mouse mammary tumour virus, enzootic nasal tumour virus (ENTV-1, ENTV-2), and simian retrovirus types 1, 2 and 3 (SRV-1, SRV-2, SRV-3).
References
Betaretrovirus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA