Bovine immunodeficiency virus

Bovine immunodeficiency virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Pararnavirae
Phylum: Artverviricota
Class: Revtraviricetes
Order: Ortervirales
Family: Retroviridae
Genus: Lentivirus
Species:
Bovine immunodeficiency virus

Bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) is a retrovirus belonging to the genus Lentivirus. It is similar to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and infects cattle. The cells primarily infected are lymphocytes and monocytes/macrophages.[1]

  1. ^ St-Louis MC, Cojocariu M, Archambault D (2004). "The molecular biology of bovine immunodeficiency virus: a comparison with other lentiviruses". Anim Health Res Rev. 5 (2): 125–43. doi:10.1079/ahr200496. PMID 15984320.