The presence of closed circular forms of the linear DNA genome of human foamy virus (HFV) has not been established. The ability of the HFV integrase (IN) to catalyse the integration of these circular ...

In addition to its safety benefits, FV possesses several novel properties and characteristics essential for effective gene delivery. The FV life cycle is unique, in that single-stranded viral RNA is ...

A research team led by University of Washington scientists has found that several people in South and Southeast Asian countries working and living around monkeys have been infected with simian foamy ...

Simian foamy virus is widespread among wild chimpanzees throughout equatorial Africa. Recent studies have shown that humans who hunt wild primates, including chimpanzees, can acquire SFV infections.

Throughout Asia, humans and monkeys live side by side in many urban areas. An international research team from the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Jahangirnagar ...

A recent study published in PLOS Pathogens characterized epitopes recognized by neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) from individuals infected with simian foamy virus (SFV). Study: Neutralization of ...

Foamy viruses (FVs) or spumaviruses are retroviruses that have been developed as vectors, but their integration patterns have not been described. We have performed a large-scale analysis of FV ...

An international team of researchers reports that some people in Bangladesh are concurrently infected with multiple strains of simian foamy virus (SFV), including strains from more than one source ...

Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel was en route to the Bangladeshi village of Dhamrai with her research team when she saw a man in his early 30s, walking down the side of the dusty road and carrying a canvas bag, ...

Travel to Bangladesh to meet the Bedey, a band of river nomads, and their trained macaques, which perform shows and seldom transmit a monkey virus to their handlers. A series of rodent experiments ...

Scientists have found that several people in South and Southeast Asian countries working and living around monkeys have been infected with simian foamy virus, a primate virus that, to date, has not ...

Researchers in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Gabon, Germany, Japan, Rwanda, the United Kingdom, and the United States have found that simian foamy virus (SFV) is widespread among ...