Genetic characterization of feline leukemia virus from Florida panthers

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-259

  Brown, Meredith A ^a   Cunningham, Mark W ^b   Roca, Alfred L ^a,c,d   Troyer, Jennifer L ^a,d   Johnson, Warren E ^a   O'Brien, Stephen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INHERITANCE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTHERA; PATHOGENICITY; PUMA; SEPTICEMIA; UNITED STATES; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA, FELINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUMA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 85046912968     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1402.070981     Document Type: Article

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