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Simian foamy virus

Species of virus

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 17, 2026
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Simian foamy virus (SFV), historically human foamy virus (HFV), is a species of the genus Simiispumavirus that belongs to the family of Retroviridae. It has been identified in a wide variety of primates, including prosimians, New World and Old World monkeys, as well as apes, and each species has been shown to harbor a unique (species-specific) strain of SFV, including African green monkeys, baboons, macaques, and chimpanzees.

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This entry incorporates text from “Simian foamy virus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.