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Feline leukaemia virus
Author(s) -
Jarrett Oswald
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.7.4.125
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , library science
Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) is an exogenous gammaretrovirus (enveloped, single-stranded RNA) enzootic to domestic cats. The course of disease is somewhat variable pending the infectious strain of FeLV (FeLV-A, -B, or -C) and what endogenous retroviruses are present in the host’s genome. It is the recombination of these retroviruses within the host that influence pathogenicity. The surface glycoprotein and promoter region sequence of the infecting FeLV strain are the two most significant pathogenic determinants.