Saïb A, de Thé H
CNRS UPR9051, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1996;13 Suppl 1:S254-60. doi: 10.1097/00042560-199600001-00038.
Foamy viruses also known as spumaretroviruses are complex retroviruses infecting cell lines with no apparent specific cellular tropism and induce the formation of multinucleated cells with numerous vacuoles. Far less well characterized than oncoviruses and lentiviruses, this class of viruses is thought to be innocuous in vivo. However, several important discoveries on foamy viruses brought new insights in the field of retrovirology.
泡沫病毒也被称为泡沫逆转录病毒，是一类复杂的逆转录病毒，可感染细胞系，没有明显的特定细胞嗜性，并诱导形成具有大量空泡的多核细胞。与肿瘤病毒和慢病毒相比，这类病毒的特征了解得要少得多，被认为在体内是无害的。然而，关于泡沫病毒的几项重要发现为逆转录病毒学领域带来了新的见解。
