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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Masashi UEMA
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
Yasuhiro IKEDA
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
Takayuki MIYAZAWA
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
ames A. J LIN
Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, 250, Kwo-Kwang Rd., Taichung 40227, Taipei, Republic of China
Ming-Chu CHEN
Taiwan Provincial Research Institute for Animal Health, 376, Chung-Cheng Rd., Tam-Sui, Republic of China
zong-Fu TKUO
Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, 142, Zou-Shan Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Chieko KAI
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
Takeshi MIKAMI
The Research Center for Protozoan Molecular Immunology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan
Eiji TAKAHASHI
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan

Keywords: feline immunodeficiency virus, subtype, Taiwan

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1999 Volume 61 Issue 2 Pages 197-199

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

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Abstract

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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