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Genotyping of feline leukemia virus in Mexican housecats.
Archives of virology - 1 Apr 2016
Ramírez Hugo, Autran Marcela, García M Martha, Carmona M Ángel, Rodríguez Cecilia, Martínez H Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a retrovirus with variable rates of infection globally. DNA was obtained from cats' peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and proviral DNA of pol and env genes was detected using PCR. Seventy-six percent of cats scored positive for FeLV using env-PCR; and 54 %, by pol-PCR. Phylogenetic analysis of both regions identified sequences that correspond to a group that includes endogenous...
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