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Hayward JA, Tachedjian M, Kohl C, et al. Infectious KoRV-related retroviruses circulating in Australian bats. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2020. pii: 201915400. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1915400117; .
Before the discovery of the koala endogenous retrovirus (KoRV), mammalian endogenous retroviruses were thought not to produce infectious particles. KoRV retains its ability to form virus particles capable of 'de novo' horizontal infection transmission. Due to this, it is thought to be undergoing a process
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