Mason-Pfizer monkey virus
Synonyms
Mason Pfizer monkey virus
SRV-1
SRV-2
SRV-3
Simian retrovirus 1
Simian retrovirus 2
A species of BETARETROVIRUS isolated from mammary carcinoma in rhesus monkeys. It appears to have evolved from a recombination between a murine B oncovirus and a primate C oncovirus related to the baboon endogenous virus. Several serologically distinct strains exist. MPMV induces SIMIAN AIDS.