Is feline foamy virus really apathogenic?

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 114-118

  German, A C ^a   Harbour, D A ^a   Helps, C R ^a   Gruffydd Jones, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feline foamy virus; Glomerulonephritis; Histopathology; Pneumonia; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FELINE FOAMY VIRUS; GINGIVITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PATHOGENICITY; PHARYNX EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SALIVARY GLAND; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KIDNEY; LUNG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPUMAVIRUS; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

FELINE FOAMY VIRUS; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 43049159719     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.01.035     Document Type: Article

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