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Re-isolation of virus from HTLV-III B and LAV-infected chimpanzee also yielded a simian foamy virus. This virus, replicated in HTLV-III B and LAV-producing H 9 cells, had identical reverse transcriptase activity and caused similar cytopathic effects in H 9 cells.
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Nara, P.L., Robey, W.G., Arthur, L.O. et al. Simultaneous isolation of simian foamy virus and HTLV-III/LAV from chimpanzee lymphocytes following HTLV-III or LAV inoculation. Archives of Virology 92, 183–186 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01310072
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