Feline immunodeficiency virus, or cat FIV, is a retrovirus infection first discovered in cats in the U.S. The virus is often referred to as cat HIV or cat AIDS because it has a similar effect on ...

But there’s also FIV—feline immunodeficiency virus—a strain that affects cats. At PLoS Blogs, Ricki Lewis describes how she found out that her cat, Juice, had FIV: Carly and our eldest ...

The disease is most often found in the intestines, as vaccination against the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and testing for the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV ...

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV), commonly referred to as feline AIDS, is a chronic and progressive viral infection that weakens a cat’s immune system. It is a lentivirus, meaning it is a ...

The researchers found that there was reduced replication of the feline Aids virus - known as feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) - in these cats. Just as the human immunodeficiency virus ...

Researchers have developed a genome-based immunization strategy to fight feline AIDS and illuminate ways to combat human HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a ...

Among them is "FIV." Cats living with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) often get overlooked at shelters. But Cleveland's Tails from the City rescue wants to change that mindset. The west side ...

After those eggs were fertilized, they produced kitties that glowed green, showing that they also had the anti-FIV gene. Even better, subsequent generations of cats also glowed and had the anti ...

Three cats genetically modified to resist feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) have opened up new avenues for AIDS research. The research could also help veterinarians combat the virus, which kills ...

FIV of domestic cats 1 also primarily infects CD4 + T cells and macrophages and shares with certain HIV isolates the use of CXCR4 as an entry receptor 2. As with HIV, other binding receptors act ...