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Quantification of (FIV) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, lymph nodes and plasma of naturally infected cougars Free

Abstract

Infection of domestic cats with (FIV) results in a fatal immunodeficiency disease, similar to (HIV-1) in humans. Elevated plasma viral loads in domestic cats are correlated to decreased survival time and disease progression. However, FIV is also maintained as an apathogenic infection in other members of the family Felidae including cougars, (FIV). It is not known whether the lack of disease in cougars is a result of diminished virus replication. A real-time PCR assay was developed to quantify both FIV proviral and plasma viral loads in naturally infected cougars. Proviral loads quantified from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) ranged from 2·90×10 to 6·72×10 copies per 10 cells. Plasma viral loads ranged from 2·30×10 to 2·81×10 RNA copies ml. These data indicate that FIV viral loads are comparable to viral loads observed in endemic and epidemic lentivirus infections. Thus, the lack of disease in cougars is not due to low levels of virus replication. Moreover, significant differences observed among cougar PBMC proviral loads correlated to viral lineage and cougar age (=0·014), which suggests that separate life strategies exist within FIV lineages. This is the first study to demonstrate that an interaction of lentivirus lineage and host age significantly effect proviral loads.

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Quantification of Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIVpco) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, lymph nodes and plasma of naturally infected cougars
J. Gen. Virol. 87, 967 (2006); https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.81450-0
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