Reticuloendotheliosis virus

Reticuloendotheliosis virus
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Pararnavirae
Phylum: Artverviricota
Class: Revtraviricetes
Order: Ortervirales
Family: Retroviridae
Genus: Gammaretrovirus
Species:
Reticuloendotheliosis virus

Reticuloendotheliosis (RE) designates a group of pathologic syndromes caused by the reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) group of avian retroviruses. The disease syndromes associated with REV include 1) a runting disease syndrome, 2) chronic neoplasia of lymphoid and other tissues, and 3) acute reticulum cell neoplasia.[1]

  1. ^ Swayne, David E.; Glisson, John R. (2013). Diseases of poultry (13th ed.). Ames, Iowa: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470958995.