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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Retroviridae > Gammaretrovirus > Leukemia Virus, Feline
Viruses > Oncogenic Viruses > Retroviridae > Gammaretrovirus > Leukemia Virus, Feline

Preferred term

Leukemia Virus, Feline  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cat Leukemia Virus
  • Cat Leukemia Viruses
  • Feline Leukemia Virus
  • Feline Leukemia Viruses
  • Feline Lymphoma Virus
  • Feline Lymphoma Viruses
  • FeLV
  • Leukemia Virus, Cat
  • Leukemia Viruses, Cat
  • Leukemia Viruses, Feline
  • Lymphoma Viruses, Feline
  • Lymphoma Virus, Feline

Note

  • infection: coord IM with RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM) + TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM) or if so specified by author index instead under LEUKEMIA, FELINE (IM but see note there) or FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (IM but see note there)

Scope note

  • A species of GAMMARETROVIRUS causing leukemia, lymphosarcoma, immune deficiency, or other degenerative diseases in cats. Several cellular oncogenes confer on FeLV the ability to induce sarcomas (see also SARCOMA VIRUSES, FELINE).

History note

  • 94; was FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1973-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005256

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