''Deltaretrovirus'' is a
genus of the ''
Retroviridae''
family. It consists of
exogenous horizontally transmitted viruses found in several groups of
mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
s.
Examples are the ''
Bovine leukemia virus'' and the
human T-lymphotropic viruses.
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Viralzone: Deltaretrovirus
Deltaretroviruses
Virus genera
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