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Rapid evolution of the env gene leader sequence in cats naturally infected with feline immunodeficiency virus.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Apr 2015
Bęczkowski Paweł M, Hughes Joseph, Biek Roman, Litster Annette, Willett Brian J, Hosie Margaret J
Abstract excerpt
Analysing the evolution of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) at the intra-host level is important in order to address whether the diversity and composition of viral quasispecies affect disease progression. We examined the intra-host diversity and the evolutionary rates of the entire env and structural fragments of the env sequences obtained from sequential blood samples in 43 naturally infected domestic cats...
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