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T. Hohdatsu, A. Yamazaki, M. Yamada, H. Kusuhara, T. Kaneshima and H. Koyama, “Ability of CD8(+) T Cell Anti-Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Activity Correlated With Peripheral CD4(+) T Cell Counts and Plasma Viremia,” Microbiology and Immunology, Vol. 47, No. 10, 2003, pp. 765-773.

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• TITLE: Epidemiological Aspects and Clinicopathological Findings in Cats Naturally Infected with Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) and/or Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)

  AUTHORS: Victorio M. Collado, Ana Domenech, Guadalupe Miró, Sonsoles Martin, Elena Escolar, Esperanza Gomez-Lucia

  KEYWORDS: FIV; FeLV; Epidemiology; Hemogram; CD4:CD8 Ratio

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Vol.2 No.1, March 27, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Infections produced by feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukemia virus (FeLV), two of the most prevalent pathogens in cats, range from passing unnoticed to presenting a wide variety of clinical signs. Different epidemiological, clinical, hematological and virological parameters were analyzed in 78 FIV- and/or FeLV-infected cats. FeLV-infected (FeLV+) cats were considerably younger than FIV-infected (FIV+) cats, and in general were seen to have a more severe disease than FIV+ cats. Around one third of the cats presented anemia, and neutropenia was also frequently observed. Though a higher percentage of FIV+ than FeLV+ cats had altered leukocyte counts, FeLV+ cats had altered counts of both neutrophils and lymphocytes more frequently than FIV+, which usually presented only either altered neutrophils or lymphocyte counts. Virological markers were only detected in FeLV+cats, either as mono- or dual-infection, and correlated with the severity of the disease, but not in FIV+ cats. In conclusion, these results suggest that FeLV affects more blood cell types and provokes death of affected animals at a much earlier age than FIV and that the severity of the disease seemed to depend on the viral status of the cat.