title: Interstitial lung disease in feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infected cats.
abstract: Postmortem bronchoalveolar lavage of feline immunodeficiency virus-infected cats indicated an alveolitis process, and histological examination of their lungs confirmed the occurrence of alveolitis, parenchymatous lymphoplasmocytic infiltration and myomatosis. Similar lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis has been described in human and animal lentiviral diseases: lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis in HIV-1-infected human beings, and maedi in sheep infected by the maedi-visna virus. Such lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis may thus be a common feature of lentiviral infections.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire associé de recherche sur les lentivirus chez les petits ruminants, INRA, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cadoré
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steiner-Laurent
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Greenland
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mornex
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Loire
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000821:virology; D002415:Cats; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D016181:Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016089:Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015994:Incidence; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000473:pathology; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology