Porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs): adaptation to human cells and attempts to infect small animals and non-human primates

MeSH terms

• Adaptation, Physiological
• Animals
• Base Sequence
• Cell Line
• DNA, Viral / genetics
• Endogenous Retroviruses / genetics
• Endogenous Retroviruses / pathogenicity*
• Endogenous Retroviruses / physiology*
• Humans
• Primates
• Retroviridae Infections / transmission
• Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
• Species Specificity
• Swine / virology*
• Terminal Repeat Sequences
• Transplantation, Heterologous / adverse effects*
• Zoonoses / transmission