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SUBMITTER: Sarker N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6959342 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20200114 1
Koala retrovirus (KoRV) displays features of both an endogenous and exogenous virus and is linked to neoplasia and immunosuppression in koalas. This study explores the apparent differences in the nature and impact of KoRV infection between geographically and genetically separated "northern" and "southern" koala populations, by investigating the disease status, completeness of the KoRV genome and the proviral (DNA) and viral (RNA) loads of 71 northern and 97 southern koalas. All northern animals ...[more]