Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Subtype C is Prevalent in Northern Part of Taiwan

Masashi UEMA; Yasuhiro IKEDA; Takayuki MIYAZAWA; ames A. J LIN; Ming-Chu CHEN; zong-Fu TKUO; Chieko KAI; Takeshi MIKAMI; Eiji TAKAHASHI

doi:10.1292/jvms.61.197

Masashi UEMA, Yasuhiro IKEDA, Takayuki MIYAZAWA, ames A. J LIN, Ming-Chu CHEN, zong-Fu TKUO, Chieko KAI, Takeshi MIKAMI, Eiji TAKAHASHI

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キーワード: feline immunodeficiency virus, subtype, Taiwan

ジャーナルフリー

1999 年 61 巻 2 号 p. 197-199

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.61.197

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The seroepidemiological survey of cats conducted in northern part of Taiwan in 1998 revealed that the positive rate of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)-infection was 21.9% (7/32) and the rate was much higher than those of previous reports. We succeeded in isolation of three strains of FIV from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of the blood samples. Nucleotide sequences of the env variable V3 to V5 region of the strains revealed that the isolates from distinct areas belong to subtype C. These data together with our previous report (Inada et al. 1997. Arch. Virol., 142: 1459-1467) indicate that FIV subtype C is prevalent in northern part of Taiwan.

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