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Genomic organization, sequence divergence, and recombination of feline immunodeficiency virus from lions in the wild.
BMC genomics - 5 Feb 2008
Pecon-Slattery Jill, McCracken Carrie L, Troyer Jennifer L, VandeWoude Sue, Roelke Melody, Sondgeroth Kerry, Winterbach Christiaan, Winterbach Hanlie, O'Brien Stephen J
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BACKGROUND: Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) naturally infects multiple species of cat and is related to human immunodeficiency virus in humans. FIV infection causes AIDS-like disease and mortality in the domestic cat (Felis catus) and serves as a natural model for HIV infection in humans. In African lions (Panthera leo) and other exotic felid species, disease etiology introduced by FIV infection are less...
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