title: Seroepidemiological survey of feline retrovirus infections in domestic and leopard cats in northern Vietnam in 1997.
abstract: The prevalence of infections with three feline retroviruses (feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline syncytial virus (FSV)) was examined in northern Vietnam in 1997. We collected a total of 77 blood samples from 69 domestic and 8 leopard cats, and examined the presence of anti-FIV and FSV antibodies and FeLV p27 antigen in the plasma samples by the indirect immunofluorescence and/or two commercial kits. None of the samples was positive for FIV and FeLV. The overall positive rate of FSV was 31% and the positive rates among the domestic and leopard cats were 29 and 50%, respectively. We isolated FSV from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 6 domestic and one leopard cats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tohya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vu
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Vu
authors.forename: D X
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Cu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikami
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002335:Carnivora / Q000821:virology*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000662:veterinary; D016089:Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D016092:Spumavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic