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In this report we describe a type D virus isolated from a human neuroblastoma cell line (Paju). The viral RNA was isolated, partially molecularly cloned and sequenced. Our clones were shown to be identical to a human D-type retrovirus previously isolated from a human lymphoblastoid cell line. However, we obtained no evidence for the virus in earlier passage of the Paju cell line and therefore we must consider this isolate a laboratory contamination.
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Asikainen, K., Vesanen, M., Kuittinen, T. et al. Identification of human type D retrovirus as a contaminant in a neuroblastoma cell line. Archives of Virology 129, 357–361 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01316912
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