Virus
deltaretrovirus
Subclass of:
Retroviridae
Definitions related to deltaretrovirus:
  • A genus in the family RETROVIRIDAE consisting of exogenous horizontally-transmitted viruses found in a few groups of mammals. Infections caused by these viruses include human B- or adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED), and bovine leukemia (ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS). The type species is LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Deltaretrovirus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Genus in the family retroviridae consisting of exogenous horizontally transmitted viruses found in mammals; associated with B or T cell leukemia/lymphoma with a long latency.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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