What does SV stand for?

Simian Virus

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4-SV40 virus Some studies have raised the possibility that infection with simian virus 40 (SV40) might increase the risk of developing mesothelioma.

What Are the Four Main Risk Factors for Mesothelioma?

The new strain differs from the three known strains of HIV related to the simian virus that occurs in chimpanzees; the new strain appears to be closely related to a form recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Nature Medicine.

New HIV strain discovered

It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Medicine.

New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon

Abstract: To investigate the functional relationship between the ability of the simian virus 40 large tumor antigen (TAg) to transform and its ability to block adipocytic differentiation and induce apoptosis, we expressed TAg in C3H10T1/2 (10T1/2)-derived preadipocytes.

Differential effects of c-Ras upon transformation, adipocytic ...

Lab results show that many of the animals had been exposed to four common monkey viruses: 97 percent of the monkeys showed evidence of exposure to simian foamy virus, 95 percent to rhesus cytomegalovirus, 90 percent to simian virus 40, and 64 percent to herpes B virus.

At iconic Asian temple, monkeys harbor viruses

Researchers examined nearly 400 tumors and control tissues and found the viral footprint for simian virus 40 (SV40) in the tumors of 43 percent of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Human lymphomas linked to tainted vaccine

The "footprint" of simian virus 40 (SV40) was found in 43percent of the non-Hodgkin's samples.

Lymph cancer link to virus in polio vaccine

The latter genus consists of the BK virus, JC virus, and simian virus 40.

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