Friend disease

Friend dis·ease

(frend), mouse leukemia caused by the Friend leukemia virus, a member of the family Retroviridae.

Friend,

Charlotte, U.S. microbiologist, 1921–. Friend disease - mouse leukemia caused by the Friend virus.Friend leukemia virus - Synonym(s): Friend virusFriend virus - a strain of the splenic group of mouse leukemia viruses, related to Moloney and Rauscher viruses. Synonym(s): Friend leukemia virus; Swiss mouse leukemia virus