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Genomes and Genes | feline immunodeficiency virusSummarySummary: A species of LENTIVIRUS, subgenus feline lentiviruses (LENTIVIRUSES, FELINE) isolated from cats with a chronic wasting syndrome, presumed to be immune deficiency. There are 3 strains: Petaluma (FIP-P), Oma (FIP-O) and Puma lentivirus (PLV). There is no antigenic relationship between FIV and HIV, nor does FIV grow in human T-cells. Top Publications
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Pathological manifestations of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in wild African lionsMelody E Roelke
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC Frederick, Inc, NCI Frederick, Frederick, MD, USA
Virology 390:1-12. 2009b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) causes AIDS in the domestic cat (Felis catus) but has not been explicitly associated with AIDS pathology in any of the eight free-ranging species of Felidae that are endemic with circulating FIV ..
Going wild: lessons from naturally occurring T-lymphotropic lentivirusesSue Vandewoude
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80538-1619, USA
Clin Microbiol Rev 19:728-62. 2006..more than 20 species of nondomestic felids and African hyenids demonstrate seroreactivity against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) antigens...
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) as a model for study of lentivirus infections: parallels with HIVJohn H Elder
Department of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Curr HIV Res 8:73-80. 2010..The following review highlights both the strengths and shortcomings of the FIV/cat model, particular as regards development of antiviral drugs...
Use of CD134 as a primary receptor by the feline immunodeficiency virusMasayuki Shimojima
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1 1 1 Yayoi, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
Science 303:1192-5. 2004b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) induces a disease similar to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in cats, yet in contrast to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), CD4 is not the viral receptor...
Virulence differences between two field isolates of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV-APetaluma and FIV-CPGammar) in young adult specific pathogen free catsN C Pedersen
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Vet Immunol Immunopathol 79:53-67. 2001The goal of this study was to identify a strain of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) that would be more virulent for adult cats than the prototype FIV-APetaluma and, thereby, enhance the FIV infection model for HIV-1 related research...
Preferential feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection of CD4+ CD25+ T-regulatory cells correlates both with surface expression of CXCR4 and activation of FIV long terminal repeat binding cellular transcriptional factorsAnjali Joshi
Immunology Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, USA
J Virol 79:4965-76. 2005..T-regulatory (Treg) cells with regard to their immune regulatory properties and ability to support feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) replication in vitro and in vivo...
OrfA downregulates feline immunodeficiency virus primary receptor CD134 on the host cell surface and is important in viral infectionYang Hong
Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
J Virol 84:7225-32. 2010b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) OrfA is an accessory protein that is critical for productive viral replication and infection in T cells...
Vif of feline immunodeficiency virus from domestic cats protects against APOBEC3 restriction factors from many felidsJörg Zielonka
Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology, Heinrich Heine University, Building 23 12 U1 87, Moorenstr 5, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
J Virol 84:7312-24. 2010..more insight into the role of APOBEC3 (A3) cytidine deaminases in the species-specific restriction of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) of the domestic cat, we tested the A3 proteins present in big cats (puma, lion, tiger, and lynx)...
Functional interactions of nucleocapsid protein of feline immunodeficiency virus and cellular prion protein with the viral RNAMila Moscardini
Department of Biomedicine, University of Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
J Mol Biol 318:149-59. 2002..properties of the human prion protein, we set up an in vitro system to investigate replication of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), which is functionally and phylogenetically distant from HIV-1...
Mapping the encapsidation determinants of feline immunodeficiency virusIris Kemler
Molecular Medicine Program, Departments of Immunology and Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
J Virol 76:11889-903. 2002..Feline lentiviral (feline immunodeficiency virus [FIV]) encapsidation has not been studied...
Structural mapping of CD134 residues critical for interaction with feline immunodeficiency virusAymeric de Parseval
Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
Nat Struct Mol Biol 12:60-6. 2005CD134 is a primary binding receptor for feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and with CXCR4 facilitates infection of CD4(+) T cells. Human CD134 fails to support FIV infection...
Delineation of sequences important for efficient packaging of feline immunodeficiency virus RNAMatthew T Browning
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Bastrop, TX 78602, USA
J Gen Virol 84:621-7. 2003We have used systematic deletion analysis of the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) genome, both in the presence and absence of various amounts of gag, to define the cis-acting sequences responsible ..
Human gene therapy vectors derived from feline lentivirusesRomán A Barraza
Molecular Medicine Program, Guggenheim 18, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States
Vet Immunol Immunopathol 123:23-31. 2008Lentiviral vectors are useful for gene transfer to dividing and nondividing cells. Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) vectors transduce most human cell types with good efficiency and may have advantages for clinical gene therapy ..
Genetically divergent strains of feline immunodeficiency virus from the domestic cat (Felis catus) and the African lion (Panthera leo) share usage of CD134 and CXCR4 as entry receptorsWilliam A McEwan
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Institute of Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom
J Virol 82:10953-8. 2008The env open reading frames of African lion (Panthera leo) lentivirus (feline immunodeficiency virus [FIV(Ple)]) subtypes B and E from geographically distinct regions of Africa suggest two distinct ancestries, with FIV(Ple)-E sharing a ..
CD134 and CXCR4 expression corresponds to feline immunodeficiency virus infection of lymphocytes, macrophages and dendritic cellsF Reggeti
Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
J Gen Virol 89:277-87. 2008The lymphotropic lentiviruses feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) enter cells by sequential interaction with primary receptors CD134 or CD4, respectively, and subsequently with chemokine receptors...
Antiviral activity of membrane fusion inhibitors that target gp40 of the feline immunodeficiency virus envelope proteinFuminori Mizukoshi
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8657, Japan
Vet Microbiol 136:155-9. 2009..to examine the inhibitory effect of modified peptides corresponding to heptad repeats (HR) 1 and 2 of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) envelope gp40 on the fusion between the viral and cellular membranes...
Cytokine response in multiple lymphoid tissues during the primary phase of feline immunodeficiency virus infectionG A Dean
Department of Microbiology, Pathology, and Parasitology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, USA
J Virol 72:9436-40. 1998..various time periods and in various lymphoid compartments during the acute stage (first 4 months) of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in laboratory cats. Cytokine responses were correlated with virus replication...
Feline immunodeficiency virus neuropathogenesis: from cats to calciumRick B Meeker
Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, CB 7025, 6109F Neuroscience Research Bldg, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2:154-70. 2007..made from in vitro and in vivo studies on the infectious and pathological interactions of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) with the nervous system...
RNA secondary structure of the feline immunodeficiency virus 5'UTR and Gag coding regionLaurie James
CNRS UPR2167 Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91190 Gif sur Yvette, France
Nucleic Acids Res 36:4653-66. 2008..into the structure-function relationship of lentiviral 5'UTRs, we modelled the RNA structure of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), a virus that is evolutionarily distant from the primate viruses...
Neonatal gene therapy of glycogen storage disease type Ia using a feline immunodeficiency virus-based vectorAlbert Grinshpun
Goldyne Savad Institute of Gene Therapy, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Mol Ther 18:1592-8. 2010..Vectors have been constructed from feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), a nonprimate lentivirus, because the wild-type virus does not cause disease in humans...
In vivo depletion of CD4(+)CD25(hi) regulatory T cells is associated with improved antiviral responses in cats chronically infected with feline immunodeficiency virusS Rochelle Mikkelsen
College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
Virology 403:163-72. 2010..Lentivirus-induced CD4(+)CD25(hi) Treg cells were first described in feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)-infected cats...
Immunohistochemical localization of feline immunodeficiency virus using native species antibodiesArlin B Rogers
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1674, USA
Am J Pathol 161:1143-51. 2002b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is the feline analog of human immunodeficiency virus and a small animal model of human acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)...
Seroprevalence of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infection among cats in North America and risk factors for seropositivityJulie K Levy
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0126, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:371-6. 2006..However, cats in all categories were found to be at risk for infection, and current guidelines to test all cats at the time of acquisition and again during illness should be followed...
Feline immunodeficiency virus infection phenotypically and functionally activates immunosuppressive CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cellsThomas W Vahlenkamp
Immunology Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
J Immunol 172:4752-61. 2004Disease progression of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection is characterized by up-regulation of B7.1 and B7.2 costimulatory molecules and their ligand CTLA4 on CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells...
Phylogenetic and genetic analysis of feline immunodeficiency virus gag, pol, and env genes from domestic cats undergoing nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor treatment or treatment-naïve cats in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAngelica N Martins
Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
J Virol 82:7863-74. 2008b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is the Lentivirus responsible for an immunodeficiency-like disease in domestic cats (Felis catus). FIV is divided into five phylogenetic subtypes (A, B, C, D, and E), based on genetic diversity...
Mutational analysis of the feline immunodeficiency virus matrix proteinM L Manrique
, Serrano 669, C1414DEM, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Virus Res 76:103-13. 2001To study the process of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) assembly, we examined the suitability of the vaccinia vector system to reproduce FIV particle formation...
Molecular subtyping of feline immunodeficiency virus from domestic cats in AustraliaR K C Kann
School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Queensland
Aust Vet J 84:112-6. 2006OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalent subtypes of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) present in the domestic cat population of Australia...
Phylogenetic analysis to define feline immunodeficiency virus subtypes in 31 domestic cats in South AfricaR Kann
School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia
J S Afr Vet Assoc 77:108-13. 2006b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), a lentivirus, is an important pathogen of domestic cats around the world and has many similarities to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
A feline immunodeficiency virus vif-deletion mutant remains attenuated upon infection of newborn kittensXiaoying Shen
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
J Gen Virol 88:2793-9. 2007..attenuation associated with a vif mutation by inoculation of newborn kittens with a vif-deleted feline immunodeficiency virus provirus plasmid (FIV-pPPRDeltavif)...
Pre-existing immunity to pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes does not prevent induction of immune responses to feline immunodeficiency virus by a novel recombinant Listeria monocytogenes vaccineRosemary Stevens
Department of Microbiology, Pathology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
Vaccine 23:1479-90. 2005..The FIV/cat model will provide a useful challenge system to determine whether recombinant L. monocytogenes can protect against a lentivirus in its natural host after challenge by the routes common to HIV transmission...
Modulation of the virus-receptor interaction by mutations in the V5 loop of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) following in vivo escape from neutralising antibodyBrian J Willett
Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Institute of Comparative Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow, UK
Retrovirology 7:38. 2010In the acute phase of infection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), the virus targets activated CD4+ T cells by utilising CD134 (OX40) as a primary attachment receptor and CXCR4 as a co-receptor...
Intrahost evolution of envelope glycoprotein and OrfA sequences after experimental infection of cats with a molecular clone and a biological isolate of feline immunodeficiency virusWillem Huisman
Erasmus MC, Institute of Virology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Virus Res 137:24-32. 2008b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a member of the genus Lentivirus and causes AIDS-like disease in its natural host, the cat...
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in wild Pallas' catsMeredith A Brown
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
Vet Immunol Immunopathol 134:90-5. 2010b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), a feline lentivirus related to HIV, causes immune dysfunction in domestic and wild cats...
Phylogenetic analysis of Vietnamese isolates of feline immunodeficiency virus: genetic diversity of subtype CK Nakamura
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Arch Virol 148:783-91. 2003Phylogenetic relationships of novel Vietnamese strains of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) were analysed...
High genetic stability of TM1 and TM2 strains of subtype B feline immunodeficiency virus in long-term infectionYasuhiro Ikeda
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
J Vet Med Sci 66:287-9. 2004To know the genetic changes of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in long-term infection in cats, we inoculated three specific pathogen-free cats with FIV isolates and determined a partial env sequence covering the V3-V5 region...
Feline immunodeficiency virus OrfA is distinct from other lentivirus transactivatorsUdayan Chatterji
Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
J Virol 76:9624-34. 2002The feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) accessory factor, OrfA, facilitates transactivation of transcription directed by elements of the viral long terminal repeat (LTR)...
Shared usage of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 by the feline and human immunodeficiency virusesB J Willett
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, United Kingdom
J Virol 71:6407-15. 1997b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) induces a disease state in the domestic cat that is similar to AIDS in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals...
The critical role of proximal gag sequences in feline immunodeficiency virus genome encapsidationIris Kemler
Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Virology 327:111-20. 2004..b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) RNA encapsidation determinants have been shown to be discrete and noncontinuous, comprising one ..
Feline immunodeficiency virus ORF-Ais required for virus particle formation and virus infectivityMalou C Gemeniano
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
J Virol 77:8819-30. 2003The orf-A (orf-2) gene of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a small open reading frame predicted to encode a 77-amino-acid protein that contains putative domains similar to those of the ungulate lentiviral Tat protein...
A dormant internal ribosome entry site controls translation of feline immunodeficiency virusValentina Camerini
Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Unité de Virologie Humaine, IFR 128, Lyon F 69364, France
J Virol 82:3574-83. 2008..entry sites (IRESs) in virtually all lentiviruses prompted us to investigate the mechanism used by the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) to produce viral proteins...
Evolution of replication efficiency following infection with a molecularly cloned feline immunodeficiency virus of low virulenceMargaret J Hosie
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
J Virol 76:6062-72. 2002..with the domestic cat have demonstrated that vaccinal immunity to infection can be induced against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV); however, protection is largely restricted to laboratory strains of FIV and does not extend to ..
Cerebrospinal fluid is an efficient route for establishing brain infection with feline immunodeficiency virus and transfering infectious virus to the peripheryPinghuang Liu
Immunology Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
J Neurovirol 12:294-306. 2006Like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) invades and infects the central nervous system (CNS) soon after peripheral infection...
Molecular characterization of feline immunodeficiency virus buddingBenjamin G Luttge
Virus Cell Interaction Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, NCI Frederick, Bldg 535, RM 108, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
J Virol 82:2106-19. 2008Infection of domestic cats with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is an important model system for studying human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection due to numerous similarities in pathogenesis induced by these two ..
The secondary structure of the 5' end of the FIV genome reveals a long-range interaction between R/U5 and gag sequences, and a large, stable stem-loopJulia C Kenyon
Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom
RNA 14:2597-608. 2008b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus that infects cats and is related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
Antiviral activity and conformational features of an octapeptide derived from the membrane-proximal ectodomain of the feline immunodeficiency virus transmembrane glycoproteinSimone Giannecchini
Retrovirus Center and Virology Section, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
J Virol 77:3724-33. 2003b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) provides a valuable animal model by which criteria for lentivirus control strategies can be tested...
Nonpathogenic lion and puma lentiviruses impart resistance to superinfection by virulent feline immunodeficiency virusSue Vandewoude
Department of Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 1671, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 29:1-10. 2002..The feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is highly divergent from LLV and PLV and is pathogenic for domestic cats...
AIDS vaccination studies using an ex vivo feline immunodeficiency virus model: protection from an intraclade challenge administered systemically or mucosally by an attenuated vaccineMauro Pistello
Retrovirus Center and Virology Section, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
J Virol 77:10740-50. 2003b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection of domestic cats represents a valuable system through which to investigate criteria for antilentiviral vaccines in a natural host species...
Feline immunodeficiency virus env gene evolution in experimentally infected catsMartin Kraase
Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Institute of Comparative Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
Vet Immunol Immunopathol 134:96-106. 2010b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), an immunosuppressive lentivirus found in cats worldwide, is studied to illuminate mechanisms of lentiviral pathogenesis and to identify key components of protective immunity...
Neutralization of feline immunodeficiency virus by antibodies targeting the V5 loop of EnvAyman Samman
Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Institute of Comparative Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK
J Gen Virol 91:242-9. 2010Neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) play a vital role in vaccine-induced protection against infection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)...
Bold attitude makes male urban feral domestic cats more vulnerable to Feline Immunodeficiency VirusEugenia Natoli
Azienda USL Roma D, Area Dipartimentale Sanita Pubblica veterinaria, Ospedale Veterinario, via della Magliana 856, 00148 Roma, Italy
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 29:151-7. 2005..a high annual reproductive success but, on the other hand, to a high probability to be infected by the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV), a lethal disease caused by a retrovirus...
A single site for N-linked glycosylation in the envelope glycoprotein of feline immunodeficiency virus modulates the virus-receptor interactionBrian J Willett
Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Institute of Comparative Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK
Retrovirology 5:77. 2008b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) targets helper T cells by attachment of the envelope glycoprotein (Env) to CD134, a subsequent interaction with CXCR4 then facilitating the process of viral entry...
Prevention of immunodeficiency virus induced CD4+ T-cell depletion by prior infection with a non-pathogenic virusJulie A Terwee
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Virology 377:63-70. 2008..These data provide support for the importance of non-adaptive enhancement of the immune response in the prevention of CD4+ T-cell loss...
Generation of infectious feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) encoding FIV/human immunodeficiency virus chimeric proteaseYing Chuan Lin
Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
J Virol 84:6799-809. 2010b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proteases (PRs) share only 23% amino acid identity and exhibit distinct specificities yet have very similar 3-dimensional structures...
Ocelots on Barro Colorado Island are infected with feline immunodeficiency virus but not other common feline and canine virusesSamuel P Franklin
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
J Wildl Dis 44:760-5. 2008..feline calicivirus, feline corona virus, feline panleukopenia virus, canine distemper virus, and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), typically a species-specific infection...
Early pathogenesis of transmucosal feline immunodeficiency virus infectionLeslie A Obert
Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
J Virol 76:6311-22. 2002To identify the early target cells and tissues in transmucosal feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection, cats were exposed to a clade C FIV isolate via the oral-nasal or vaginal mucosa and multiple tissues were examined by virus ..
Quality of different in-clinic test systems for feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukaemia virus infectionKatrin Hartmann
Clinic for Small Animal Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Veterinaerstrasse 13, 80539 Munich, Germany
J Feline Med Surg 9:439-45. 2007Many new diagnostic in-house tests for identification of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) infection have been licensed for use in veterinary practice, and the question of the relative merits of these ..
Antibodies specific for hypervariable regions 3 to 5 of the feline immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoprotein are not solely responsible for vaccine-induced acceleration of challenge infection in catsWillem Huisman
Erasmus MC, Institute of Virology, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Gen Virol 85:1833-41. 2004In a previous vaccination study in cats, the authors reported on accelerated feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) replication upon challenge in animals vaccinated with a candidate envelope subunit vaccine...
Envelope gene-mediated neurovirulence in feline immunodeficiency virus infection: induction of matrix metalloproteinases and neuronal injuryJ B Johnston
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Virol 76:2622-33. 2002..contribute to the development of neurological disease following infection by lentiviruses, including feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)...
Vaccination with an inactivated virulent feline immunodeficiency virus engineered to express high levels of EnvMargaret J Hosie
Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Institute of Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Rd, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
J Virol 79:1954-7. 2005An inactivated virus vaccine was prepared from a pathogenic isolate of feline immunodeficiency virus containing a mutation that eliminated an endocytic sorting signal in the envelope glycoprotein, increasing its expression on virions...
Evolution of two amino acid positions governing broad neutralization resistance in a strain of feline immunodeficiency virus over 7 years of persistence in catsMauro Pistello
Retrovirus Center and Virology Section, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 10:1109-16. 2003..investigating the changes that occurred in a neutralization-sensitive tissue culture-adapted strain of feline immunodeficiency virus after it was reinoculated into cats, a previous study had identified two amino acid positions of the ..
Downmodulation of CD3epsilon expression in CD8alpha+beta- T cells of feline immunodeficiency virus-infected catsYorihiro Nishimura
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
J Gen Virol 85:2585-9. 2004b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in cats is associated with an increase of feline CD (fCD)8alpha+beta- and fCD8alpha+beta low cells in peripheral blood...
First molecular characterization of feline immunodeficiency virus in TurkeyTuba Cigdem Oguzoglu
Department of Virology, Ankara University, Turkey
Arch Virol 155:1877-81. 2010In this study, strains of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), designated TR-D, TR-Mo and TR-Mi, isolated from three cats in Turkey, were characterized...
Feline immunodeficiency virus subtypes in domestic cats in New ZealandR K C Kann
N Z Vet J 55:358-60. 2007
Feline immunodeficiency virus dendritic cell infection and transferWENDY S SPRAGUE
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1619, USA
J Gen Virol 89:709-15. 2008b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) interacts with dendritic cells (DC) during initiation of infection, but whether DC support or transfer FIV infection remains unclear...
Roles of the auxiliary genes and AP-1 binding site in the long terminal repeat of feline immunodeficiency virus in the early stage of infection in catsY Inoshima
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo ku, Japan
J Virol 70:8518-26. 1996To examine the roles of auxiliary genes and the AP-1 binding site in the long terminal repeat of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in vivo, three mutant viruses, which are defective in the vif gene ([delta]vif), ORF-A gene (deltaORF-A),..
Evaluation of ISCOM-adjuvanted subunit vaccines containing recombinant feline immunodeficiency virus Rev, OrfA and envelope protein in catsWillem Huisman
Erasmus MC, Institute of Virology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Vaccine 26:2553-61. 2008For the development of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) vaccines mostly structural proteins have been evaluated for their capacity to induce protective immunity...
Epidemiology of feline foamy virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infections in domestic and feral cats: a seroepidemiological studyI G Winkler
School of Pharmacy and Medical Science, University of South Australia, City East, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
J Clin Microbiol 37:2848-51. 1999..A database of the feline foamy virus (FeFV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) antibody status, age, and sex of 389 domestic cats presented to veterinarians was assembled...
Recombination in feline immunodeficiency virus from feral and companion domestic catsJessica J Hayward
Bioinformatics Institute, Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Virol J 5:76. 2008Recombination is a relatively common phenomenon in retroviruses. We investigated recombination in Feline Immunodeficiency Virus from naturally-infected New Zealand domestic cats (Felis catus) by sequencing regions of the gag, pol and env ..
Genetic heterogeneity of env gene of feline immunodeficiency virus obtained from multiple districts in JapanY Nishimura
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Virus Res 57:101-12. 1998b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection is widespread in many countries. FIV isolates have been classified into five distinct subtypes, A, B, C, D and E based on their env gene sequences...
Chimeric human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and feline immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptases: role of the subunits in resistance/sensitivity to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitorsJoeri Auwerx
Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Mol Pharmacol 61:400-6. 2002..acids lining the NNRTI-specific pocket of HIV-1 RT display higher similarity to the corresponding feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) RT amino acids than to HIV-2 RT, the susceptibility of FIV RT and chimeric HIV-1/FIV RTs to ..
DNA vaccination affords significant protection against feline immunodeficiency virus infection without inducing detectable antiviral antibodiesM J Hosie
Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
J Virol 72:7310-9. 1998..of a multigene DNA vaccine against lentivirus infection, we generated a defective mutant provirus of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) with an in-frame deletion in pol (FIVDeltaRT)...
Effect of dual-subtype vaccine against feline immunodeficiency virus infectionT Hohdatsu
Department of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan
Vet Microbiol 58:155-65. 1997Dual-subtype feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) vaccine, consisting of inactivated cells infected with subtypes A (Petaluma strain) and D (Shizuoka strain), was developed and tested for its vaccine efficacy against FIV infection in ..
Maternal hematological and virological characteristics during early feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection of cats as predictors of fetal infection and reproductive outcome at early gestationCrystal E Boudreaux
Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
Vet Immunol Immunopathol 131:290-7. 2009..However, maternal virological and hematological characteristics did not correlate either positively or negatively with reproductive outcome...
Characterization of monocyte-derived dendritic cells from cats infected with feline immunodeficiency virusFuminori Mizukoshi
Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
J Vet Med Sci 71:865-71. 2009..To develop a DC-based immunotherapy for feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection, we carried out a study to characterize DCs from FIV-infected cats and compared the ..
An updated nation-wide epidemiological survey of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in JapanYuki Nakamura
Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
J Vet Med Sci 72:1051-6. 2010An updated nation-wide epidemiological survey of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection was conducted in Japan. Blood samples were collected from 1,770 outdoor accessing cats from March to October 2008. Serologically, 410 cats (23...
Risk analysis of feline immunodeficiency virus infection in Tsushima leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus) and domestic cats using a geographic information systemShin ichi Hayama
Laboratory of Wildlife Medicine, Department of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
J Vet Med Sci 72:1113-8. 2010..All FIV-positive leopard cats were found in the identified high FIV infection risk areas...
Domain- and nucleotide-specific Rev response element regulation of feline immunodeficiency virus productionHong Na
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2S2
Virology 404:246-60. 2010Computational analysis of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) RNA sequences indicated that common FIV strains contain a rev response element (RRE) defined by a long unbranched hairpin with 6 stem-loop sub-domains, termed stem-loop A (SLA)..
AIDS vaccination studies using an ex vivo feline immunodeficiency virus model: reevaluation of neutralizing antibody levels elicited by a protective and a nonprotective vaccine after removal of antisubstrate cell antibodiesS Giannecchini
Department of Biomedicine and Retrovirus Center, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
J Virol 75:4424-9. 2001In the feline immunodeficiency virus system, immunization with a fixed-infected-cell vaccine conferred protection against virulent homologous challenge but the immune effectors involved remained elusive...
Seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis, feline leukemia virus, and feline immunodeficiency virus infection among dogs and cats exported from the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricane disaster areaJulie K Levy
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 0126, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 231:218-25. 2007..To determine seroprevalence of dirofilariasis in dogs and seroprevalences of dirofilariasis, FeLV infection, and FIV infection in cats exported from the Gulf Coast region following the 2005 hurricanes...
In vitro assembly of feline immunodeficiency virus capsid protein: biological role of conserved cysteinesM D Nath
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
Arch Biochem Biophys 392:287-94. 2001..this report, we have shown that the assembly process is driven by recombinant capsid protein (p26) of feline immunodeficiency virus itself...
Targeted lymph node immunization can protect cats from a mucosal challenge with feline immunodeficiency virusS Finerty
Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford, BS40 5DU, Bristol, UK
Vaccine 20:49-58. 2001..the present study is to determine whether protective immune responses against a mucosal challenge by feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) can be elicited by targeting the immunization to the medial iliac lymph nodes--the principal ..
Importance of the short cytoplasmic domain of the feline immunodeficiency virus transmembrane glycoprotein for fusion activity and envelope glycoprotein incorporation into virionsCristina C P Celma
Laboratorio de Virologia, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Belgrano UB, Villanueva 1324 C1426BMJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Virology 366:405-14. 2007..b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) possesses a TM glycoprotein with a cytoplasmic tail of approximately 53 amino acids which is ..
A novel interaction of tRNA(Lys,3) with the feline immunodeficiency virus RNA genome governs initiation of minus strand DNA synthesisJ T Miller
HIV Drug Resistance Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
J Biol Chem 276:27721-30. 2001Complementarity between nucleotides at the 5' terminus of tRNA(Lys,3) and the U5-IR loop of the feline immunodeficiency virus RNA genome suggests a novel intermolecular interaction controls initiation of minus strand synthesis in a ..
Evaluation of a novel nested PCR for the routine diagnosis of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)Alvaro Arjona
Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
J Feline Med Surg 9:14-22. 2007Laboratory diagnosis of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) usually involves both viruses, as the clinical signs are similar and coinfection may occur...
Feline immunodeficiency virus infection is enhanced by feline bone marrow-derived dendritic cellsF J U M van der Meer
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Division of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands
J Gen Virol 88:251-8. 2007In the pathogenesis of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection, feline dendritic cells (feDCs) are thought to play an important role...
Oral immunization with recombinant listeria monocytogenes controls virus load after vaginal challenge with feline immunodeficiency virusRosemary Stevens
Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
J Virol 78:8210-8. 2004..Using the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) model of HIV we evaluated recombinant L. monocytogenes in a challenge system...
Lessons from the cat: development of vaccines against lentivirusesStephen P Dunham
Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Institute of Comparative Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
Vet Immunol Immunopathol 112:67-77. 2006b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a natural infection of domestic cats, which produces a disease with many similarities to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in man...
Vaccine protection against feline immunodeficiency virus: setting the challengeM J Hosie
Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Institute for Comparative Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Glasgow
Aust Vet J 85:5-12; quiz 85. 2007Since feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) was first isolated, international research efforts have been directed towards developing a protective vaccine, not least because it may provide a model for a candidate human immunodeficiency ..
Dual-subtype vaccine (Fel-O-Vax FIV) protects cats against contact challenge with heterologous subtype B FIV infected catsHajime Kusuhara
Department of Veterinary Infectious Disease, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
Vet Microbiol 108:155-65. 2005..These findings confirmed the efficacy of this vaccine against heterologous stains classified as subtype B, and suggested that the vaccine exhibits broad efficacy against genetically diverse FIV...
Dissection of seroreactivity against the tryptophan-rich motif of the feline immunodeficiency virus transmembrane glycoproteinGiulia Freer
Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
Virology 322:360-9. 2004..motif (TrpM) in the membrane-proximal ectodomain of the transmembrane (TM) glycoprotein of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) was investigated...
Phylogenetic analysis of feline immunodeficiency virus in Central Europe: a prerequisite for vaccination and molecular diagnosticsAdolf Steinrigl
Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine, , A-1210 Vienna, Austria
J Gen Virol 84:1301-7. 2003b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a worldwide-occurring lentivirus that severely impairs the immune function of infected domestic cats...
Prime-boost vaccination using DNA and whole inactivated virus vaccines provides limited protection against virulent feline immunodeficiency virusStephen P Dunham
Retrovirus Research Laboratory, Institute of Comparative Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
Vaccine 24:7095-108. 2006Protection against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) has been achieved using a variety of vaccines notably whole inactivated virus (WIV) and DNA...
Vaccination of cats with attenuated feline immunodeficiency virus proviral DNA vaccine expressing gamma interferonSoumi Gupta
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
J Virol 81:465-73. 2007A feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) provirus with a vif gene deletion (FIVDelta vifATGgamma) that coexpresses feline gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) was tested as a proviral DNA vaccine to extend previous studies showing efficacy with an ..
Feline immunodeficiency virus: a concise reviewLuis Isamu Barros Kanzaki
Federal University of Amapa, Departament of Microbiology, Rodovia Juscelino Kubtscheck de Oliveira, Km 02. Macapa, Amapa, Brasil
Front Biosci 9:370-7. 2004Among non-primate vertebrates, feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in the cat may be the closest model of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)...
New challenges for the diagnosis of feline immunodeficiency virus infectionP Cynda Crawford
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 37:335-50, vii. 2007Vaccination of cats against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) with a whole-virus vaccine results in rapid and persistent production of antibodies that are indistinguishable from those used for diagnosis of FIV infection...
Limited efficacy of an inactivated feline immunodeficiency virus vaccineS P Dunham
Institute of Comparative Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH
Vet Rec 158:561-2. 2006
FeLV and FIV in a cat populationRichard Brown
Vet Rec 161:396. 2007
Placental immunopathology and pregnancy failure in the FIV-infected catC C Weaver
Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
Placenta 26:138-47. 2005..The feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)-infected cat is a model for HIV infections due to similarities in biology and clinical disease...
Lentivirus-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses are rapidly lost in thymectomized cats infected with feline immunodeficiency virusKathleen A Hayes
Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, 1925 Coffey Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
J Virol 79:8237-42. 2005..ThX and mock-ThX cats were inoculated with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and monitored for their FIV-specific CTL responses...
Feline immunodeficiency virus diagnosis after vaccinationPhilip R Andersen
IDEXX Laboratories Inc, One IDEXX Drive, Westbrook, ME 04092, USA
Anim Health Res Rev 5:327-30. 2004Prior to the widespread use of vaccination for the control of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection, diagnosis was made by the detection of antibodies against FIV...
Expression of CD134 and CXCR4 mRNA in term placentas from FIV-infected and control catsVeronica L Scott
Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, P O Box GY, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, United States
Vet Immunol Immunopathol 123:90-6. 2008b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) causes a natural infection of domestic cats that resembles HIV-1 in pathogenesis and disease progression...
Research Grants
- Stampidine: A Novel Broad-Spectrum Antiviral AgentTaracad Venkatachalam; Fiscal Year: 2003..We are now proposing studies aimed at evaluating the safety and efficacy of STAMP against the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in domestic cats, an established model for HIV-1 infection in man...
- PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS: EARLY VIRAL AND HOST DETERMINANTSChristopher Power; Fiscal Year: 2010..Lentiviruses including HIV-1 and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) cause immunosuppression and neurological disease defined by the development of DSP...
- Stampidine: A Novel Broad-Spectrum Anti-HIV MicrobicideOSMOND D CRUZ; Fiscal Year: 2005..of STAMP >4-logs higher than its IC50 value and exhibited potent antiretroviral activity in feline immunodeficiency virus (FlV)-infected cats...
- Molecular Analysis of FIVJohn Elder; Fiscal Year: 2007The proposed research is for continuation of studies to characterize the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) genome, to define mechanisms of entry into target cells and details of the virus life cycle...
- Evaluation of thymus function in lentivirus diseaseLawrence Mathes; Fiscal Year: 2005..b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection of cats leads to significant pathological changes in the thymus with many similar ..
- Evaluation of thymus function in lentivirus diseaseLawrence Mathes; Fiscal Year: 2009..b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection of cats leads to significant pathological changes in the thymus with many similar ..
- Vanadocenes as a New Class of Spermicidal DrugsOSMOND D CRUZ; Fiscal Year: 2007..VDDTC significantly enhanced the microbicide efficacy of the antiretroviral spermicide WHI- 07 in the feline immunodeficiency virus/cat model of AIDS...
- Choroid plexus macrophages in FIV neuropathogenesisRICK MEEKER; Fiscal Year: 2009..b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) offers an alternative model of lentiviral neuropathogenesis which recapitulates all essential ..
- Choroid plexus macrophages in FIV neuropathogenesisRICK MEEKER; Fiscal Year: 2007..b>Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) offers an alternative model of lentiviral neuropathogenesis which recapitulates all essential ..
- Lentiviral Genome ProcessingEric Poeschla; Fiscal Year: 2007..The laboratory studies HIV-1 and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)...
- Mechanisms of Feline Lentivirus Control and InterferenceSue Vandewoude; Fiscal Year: 2009..avirulent infection, and have determined that such infection attenuates subsequent virulent feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) challenge...
- Mechanisms of Feline Lentivirus Control and InterferenceSue Vandewoude; Fiscal Year: 2009..avirulent infection, and have determined that such infection attenuates subsequent virulent feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) challenge...
- Mechanisms of Feline Lentivirus Control and InterferenceSue Vandewoude; Fiscal Year: 2010..avirulent infection, and have determined that such infection attenuates subsequent virulent feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) challenge...
- Characterization of cell clones resistant to HIVRichard Sutton; Fiscal Year: 2007..leucosis virus, human foamy virus, bovine immunodeficiency virus, equine infectious anemia virus, feline immunodeficiency virus, and SIV...
- Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Orf-A a Model for HIV VprEllen Sparger; Fiscal Year: 2007The feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) animal model presents a unique and significant opportunity for assessing novel antiviral strategies for HIV/AIDS in humans...
- SIV delta vif DNA Vaccines with Cytokine AdjuvantsEllen Sparger; Fiscal Year: 2004..We have been investigating live-attenuated feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) vaccines for inducing protective immunity in cats (Preliminary Results)...
- Enhancing hepatocyte gene transfer for Hemophilia APaul McCray; Fiscal Year: 2007..Towards this end, we are using a lentiviral vector based on the non-primate feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) expressing the human FVIII (FVIII) cDNA to correct the phenotype in a mouse model of the ..
- Functional Analysis of FIV ORF-AAyalew Mergia; Fiscal Year: 2004DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), a lentivirus of cats, causes an AIDS similar to what is seen in humans with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
