Fecal shedding of infectious feline leukemia virus and its nucleic acids: A transmission potential

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 208-217

  Gomes Keller, M A ^a   Gonczi E ^a   Grenacher, B ^a   Tandon, R ^a   Hofman Lehmann, R ^a   Lutz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Feces; FeLV; Nucleic acids; Transmission; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN P27; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA; PRESSURE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 58749084103     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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