Seroprevalence of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infection among cats in North America and risk factors for seropositivity

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-376

  Levy, Julie K ^a   Scott, H Morgan ^b   Lachtara, Jessica L ^c   Crawford, P Cynda ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CATS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA, FELINE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 31544441931     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.3.371     Document Type: Article

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