title: The zoonotic potential of feline leukemia virus.
abstract: The many studies that have addressed the possibility for FeLV infection in human beings are reviewed in this article. Because of the many similarities between FeLV-induced immune system impairment in cats and retrovirus related acquired immune deficiency syndrome in man, these two conditions are discussed as well.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D002415:Cats; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses