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Identification of feline immunodeficiency virus subtype-B on St. Kitts, West Indies by quantitative PCR.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 4 Jul 2011
Kelly Patrick J, Stocking Ruey, Gao Dongya, Phillips Nikol, Xu Chuanling, Kaltenboeck Bernhard, Wang Chengming
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INTRODUCTION: Although antibodies to the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) have been detected by SNAP assay in cats from St. Kitts, there have been no molecular studies to further confirm the infection and determine the FIV subtypes present. METHODOLOGY: Total nucleic acids were extracted from EDTA whole blood specimens from 35 cats, followed by quantitative fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) PCR...
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