Interspecies transmission of feline immunodeficiency virus from the domestic cat to the Tsushima cat (Felis bengalensis euptilura) in the wild. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1999. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Interspecies transmission of feline immunodeficiency virus from the domestic cat to the Tsushima cat (Felis bengalensis euptilura) in the wild.

J Virol. 1999 Sep;73(9):7916-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/99370246
Nishimura Y; Goto Y; Yoneda K; Endo Y; Mizuno T; Hamachi M; Maruyama H; Kinoshita H; Koga S; Komori M; Fushuku S; Ushinohama K; Akuzawa M; Watari T; Hasegawa A; Tsujimoto H; Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of; Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo,; Japan.

Abstract: Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) was isolated from a wild-caught Tsushima cat (Felis bengalensis euptilura), an endangered Japanese nondomestic subspecies of leopard cat (F. bengalensis). Phylogenetic analysis of the env gene sequences indicated that the FIV from the Tsushima cat belonged to a cluster of subtype D FIVs from domestic cats. FIVs from both the Tsushima cat and the domestic cat showed similar levels of replication and cytopathicity in lymphoid cell lines derived from these two species. The results indicated the occurrence of interspecies transmission of FIV from the domestic cat to the Tsushima cat in the wild.
Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE Amino Acid Sequence Animal Animals, Wild Carnivora Cats Cell Line Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral Gene Products, env/GENETICS Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline/CLASSIFICATION/*GENETICS/ISOLATION & PURIF/PHYSIOLOGY Lentivirus Infections/*VIROLOGY Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Proviruses/GENETICS Sequence Analysis, DNA Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Virus ReplicationKWDjournalarticleaminoacidsequenceanimalanimals,wildcarnivoracatscelllinecytopathogeniceffect,viralgeneproducts,env/geneticsimmunodeficiencyvirus,feline/classification/KWDgenetics/isolation&purif/physiologylentivirusinfections/KWDvirologymolecularsequencedataphylogenyproviruses/geneticssequenceanalysis,dnasequencehomology,aminoacidsupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'tvirusreplication
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