retrovirus: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Origin of the retroviruses: when, where, and how? Sep 30, 2026
Display issue corrected. Jan 21, 2026
Add new Web site: Nature Communications - Direct translation of incoming retroviral genomes. Jan 17, 2026
Add new Web site: Retrovirology - The discovery of endogenous retroviruses. Aug 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Refubium - Freie Universitat Berlin Repository - Retroviruses (PDF). Aug 30, 2024
Add new Web site: PNAS - Detection and isolation of type C retrovirus particles from fresh and cultured lymphocytes of a patient with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Jul 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Cell - Interactions between Retroviruses and the Host Cell Genome. Jun 06, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Origin of the retroviruses: when, where, and how? Jan 25, 2024
Add new Web site: WebMD - What is an Example of a Retrovirus? Sep 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What is a Retrovirus and How does it work? Jul 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Microbiology - Retroviruses of the Human Virobiota: The Recycling of Viral Genes and the Resulting Advantages for Human Hosts During Evolution. Apr 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Retroviruses. Mar 09, 2023
Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Retroviruses- Double-Stranded RNA Viruses. Dec 16, 2022
Add new Web site: Healthline - What is a Retrovirus? Sep 28, 2022
Corrected display issue. Mar 01, 2019
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Origin of the retroviruses: when, where, and how? Feb 19, 2019
Add new Web site: MedicineNet.com - Retrovirus. Apr 11, 2016
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Origin of the retroviruses: when, where, and how? Sep 24, 2015
Added an image of HIV. Jan 23, 2015
Article revised and expanded to include information on different human retroviruses. Jan 23, 2015
Article revised and updated. Jan 19, 2007
Added new Web site: Virology Course at Tulane University - Retroviruses. Jun 23, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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