| Walleye dermal sarcoma virus | |
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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: | Epsilonretrovirus |
| Species: | Walleye dermal sarcoma virus
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The Walleye dermal sarcoma virus (WDSV) is a retrovirus that infects walleye (Sander vitreus) often causing oncogenesis.[1] WDSV is an exogenous retrovirus belonging to the subfamily Orthoretrovirinae. This virus is related to the walleye epidermal hyperplasia viruses type 1 and type 2 (WEHV-1& WEHV-2), all belonging to the epsilonretrovirus genus based on similarities of the gene coding for the reverse transcriptase conserved in retroviruses.
- ^ Poulet FM, Bowser PR, Casey JW (January 1996). "PCR and RT-PCR analysis of infection and transcriptional activity of walleye dermal sarcoma virus (WDSV) in organs of adult walleyes (Stizostedion vitreum)". Veterinary Pathology. 33 (1): 66–73. doi:10.1177/030098589603300107. PMID 8826007. S2CID 43016124.