Horizontal transmission of feline immunodeficiency virus with semen from seropositive cats
Jordan, H. L., Howard, J. G., Bucci, J. G., Butterworth, J. L., English, R., Kennedy-Stoskopf, S., … Tompkins, W. A. (1998, November 1). Journal of Reproductive Immunology.
MeSH headings : Animals; Cats; Disease Transmission, Infectious; Female; Genitalia, Female / virology; Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline / physiology; Insemination, Artificial / adverse effects; Lentivirus Infections / transmission; Proviruses; Semen / virology; Vagina / virology; Virus Replication
topics (OpenAlex): HIV Research and Treatment; Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments; Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
TL;DR:
Experiments indicate that FIV infection in domestic cats may provide a unique small animal model of sexual transmission of HIV-1.
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