       Document 0257
 DOCN  M95A0257
 TI    Links and interactions between mycoplasmas and viruses: past confusions
       and present realities.
 DT    9510
 AU    Chastel C; Virus Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Brest, France.
 SO    Arch Virol. 1995;140(5):811-26. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95328944
 AB    Links between mycoplasmas and viruses are ancient, multiple and complex,
       from past confusions during the first decades of the virus era to
       present realities illustrated by the possible implication of mycoplasmas
       as co-factors in natural infections of AIDS. Mycoplasma viruses (phages)
       may also be responsible for modifying the pathogenic power of
       mycoplasmas, at least for plants and insects. In addition, several
       mycoplasmas are able to act as undesirable cell culture contaminants
       that induce erroneous results in both applied and general virology.
       These problems are examined within a historical context.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/MICROBIOLOGY  Animal  Cells, Cultured
       Human  Mycoplasma/VIROLOGY  Mycoplasma Infections/*COMPLICATIONS  Virus
       Diseases/*COMPLICATIONS  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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