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A feline immunodeficiency virus vif-deletion mutant remains attenuated upon infection of newborn kittens.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Oct 2007
Shen Xiaoying, Leutenegger Christian M, Stefano Cole Kelly, Pedersen Niels C, Sparger Ellen E
Abstract excerpt
This report characterizes lentivirus attenuation associated with a vif mutation by inoculation of newborn kittens with a vif-deleted feline immunodeficiency virus provirus plasmid (FIV-pPPRDeltavif). Virus in peripheral blood, antiviral antibody or CD4 T-cell count alterations were not detected in kittens inoculated with FIV-pPPRDeltavif plasmid, with the exception of one kitten that demonstrated FIV Gag antibody...
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