Prevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus and other retroviral infections in sick cats in Italy.
Vet Immunol Immunopathol
; 31(3-4): 337-45, 1992 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-1317073
ABSTRACT
Two hundred and seventy-seven sick pet cats living in Italy were tested for antibodies to feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and for feline leukemia virus (FeLV) antigen. Overall, 24% of the cats resulted positive for anti-FIV antibody and 18% for FeLV antigen. FIV was isolated from the peripheral mononuclear blood cells of ten out of 15 seropositive cats examined and from one out of eight saliva samples. No FIV isolations were obtained from six serum samples cultured. Feline syncytium forming virus (FeSFV) could be isolated from blood and/or saliva in ten out of 11 FIV seropositive cats examined, in six out of nine FeLV antigen positive cats, in two cats found positive for both infection markers, and in three out of 11 cats negative for both markers. Thus, the probability of isolating FeSFV was enhanced by infection with other exogenous retroviruses.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida Felina
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Vírus da Imunodeficiência Felina
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Vírus da Leucemia Felina
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Vet Immunol Immunopathol
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália