The epidemiology of lion lentivirus infection among a population of free-ranging lions (Panthera leo) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 151-156

  Adams, H ^a   Van Vuuren, M ^b   Bosman, A M ^b   Keet, D ^c   New, J ^a   Kennedy, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Feline immunodeficiency virus; Kruger National Park; Lentivirus; Lions; Panthera leo; Prevalence; South africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; LENTIVIRUS INFECTION; LION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTHERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS DETECTION; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LENTIVIRUSES; FELIS CATUS; LENTIVIRUS; LION LENTIVIRUS; PANTHERA LEO; PUMA LENTIVIRUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; FEMALE; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; LIONS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77649226546     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v80i3.193     Document Type: Article

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