Prevalence of antibodies to feline parvovirus, calicivirus, herpesvirus, coronavirus, and immunodeficiency virus and of feline leukemia virus antigen and the interrelationship of these viral infections in free-ranging lions in east Africa

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 554-562

  Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a   Fehr, Daniela ^a   Grob, Markus ^b   Elgizoli, Muhamed ^b   Packer, Craig ^c   Martenson, Janice S ^d   O'Brien, Stephen J ^d   Lutz, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Veterinaria AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CAT; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; LION; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029817018     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.5.554-562.1996     Document Type: Article

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