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Preferred term

Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
  • Feline Immunodeficiency Viruses
  • Feline T Lymphotropic Lentivirus
  • Feline T-Lymphotropic Lentivirus
  • Feline T Lymphotropic Virus
  • Feline T-Lymphotropic Virus
  • FIV
  • FTLV
  • Lentivirus, Feline T-Lymphotropic
  • T-Lymphotropic Lentivirus, Feline
  • T-Lymphotropic Virus, Feline

Note

  • infection: coordinate with LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS or FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME if specified by author

Scope note

  • A species of LENTIVIRUS, subgenus feline lentiviruses (LENTIVIRUSES, FELINE) isolated from cats with a chronic wasting syndrome, presumed to be immune deficiency. There are 3 strains: Petaluma (FIP-P), Oma (FIP-O) and Puma lentivirus (PLV). There is no antigenic relationship between FIV and HIV, nor does FIV grow in human T-cells.

History note

  • 94; was FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1991-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016089

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