title: Characterization of regionally associated feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in bobcats (Lynx rufus).
abstract: Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) classically infects felid species with highly divergent species-specific FIVs. However, recent studies have detected an FIV strain infecting both bobcats (Lynx rufus) and pumas (Puma concolor) in California and Florida. To further investigate this observation, we evaluated FIV from bobcats in Florida (n=25) and Colorado (n=80) between 2008 and 2011. Partial viral sequences from five Florida bobcats cluster with previously published sequences from Florida panthers. We did not detect FIV in Colorado bobcats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
authors.forename: Danielle M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lagana
authors.forename: Justin S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jesse S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Sarah N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Bevins
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carver
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Sweanor
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: Caleb
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: Kevin R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Crooks
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: VandeWoude
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D003120:Colorado / Q000453:epidemiology; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D016089:Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D046008:Lynx / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity
keywords: Bobcat (Lynx rufus); Lentivirus; feline immunodeficiency virus; puma (Puma concolor); viral evolution