Shouldn't you have been doing this work in something like a class 2
cabinet? Anyhow to quote from a recent paper:
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) represent the proviral phase of
exogenous retroviruses that have integrated into the germ line of
their host . They typically consist of an internal region with three
genes (gag, pol, and env) plus two flanking, noncoding LTRs, which are
identical at the time of integration. Human ERVs (HERVs) comprise ≈5–
8% of the human genome.
As long as it doesn't integrate into anywhere critical it'll just be
one more on the list. Anyhow if its not replication competent surely
that answers your question. I should add I know very little about this
area but I did find your dilemma quite amusing.
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