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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Pararnavirae |
| Phylum: | Artverviricota |
| Class: | Revtraviricetes |
| Order: | Ortervirales |
| Family: | Retroviridae |
| Genus: | Gammaretrovirus |
| Species: | |
| Strain: | Friend virus
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The Friend virus (FV) is a strain of murine leukemia virus identified by Charlotte Friend in 1957.[1] The virus infects adult immunocompetent mice and is a well-established model for studying genetic resistance to infection by an immunosuppressive retrovirus. The Friend virus has been used for both immunotherapy and vaccines. It is a member of the retroviridae group of viruses, with its nucleic acid being ssRNA.
- ^ Friend, C (1957). "Cell-free transmission in adult Swiss mice of a disease having the character of a leukemia". J. Exp. Med. 105 (4): 307–318. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.273.6305. doi:10.1084/jem.105.4.307. PMC 2136697. PMID 13416470.