Feline immunodeficiency virus in South America

Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-396

  Teixeira, Bruno M ^a   Hagiwara, Mitika K ^b   Cruz, Juliano C M ^c   Hosie, Margaret J ^d  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic cats; Feline immunodeficiency virus; Nondomestic felids; South America

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LENTIVIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; T CELL DEPLETION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CATS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EQUIDAE; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; RETROVIRIDAE;

EID: 84858980554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v4030383     Document Type: Article

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