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Reisevi3ber t1_jclq4q5 wrote

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Uncynical_Diogenes t1_jcm6cq8 wrote

“Which ones” is probably not a super stellar question because they probably have quite boring technical names, and the list of ones we actually have found and named is likely much smaller than the list of potential causative agents.

References 4-7 of the linked text:

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Some rheumatic conditions and at least one cancer have been at least linked to expression of human ERV’s, if not necessarily the causative agents of such.

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