Pattern of seroreactivity against feline foamy virus proteins in domestic cats from Germany

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 292-300

  Bleiholder, Anne ^a   Mühle, Michael ^b   Hechler, Torsten ^a   Bevins, Sarah ^c   vandeWoude, Sue ^c   Denner, Joachim ^b   Löchelt, Martin ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Envelope protein; Feline foamy virus; Serotype

Indexed keywords

BET FUSION PROTEIN; ELP PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; F17/951 ELPSU ANTIGEN; FUV7 ELPSU ANTIGEN; GAG PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE FOAMY VIRUS; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; GERMANY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING; SPUMAVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; FELINE FOAMY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; SPUMARETROVIRINAE;

EID: 80052345757     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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