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seroepidemiology of toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum, and leishmania spp. infections and risk factors for cats from brazil.the seroprevalence of infection by toxoplasma gondii, neospora caninum, and leishmania spp. was detected through an indirect immunofluorescence in 70 cats from the andradina municipality, são paulo state, brazil. anti-t. gondii antibodies (titer >64) were detected in 15.7% (11/70) of animals, whereas positivity for n. caninum (titer 16) was not observed in any animal. of the cats from urban and rural areas, 10.4% (5/48) and 27.2% (6/22) were positive for t. gondii, respectively. breed, age, food ...201121626423
isolation and partial characterization of brazilian samples of feline immunodeficiency virus.feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv) causes a slow progressive degeneration of the immune system which eventually leads to a disease comparable to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) in humans. fiv has extensive sequence variation, a typical feature of lentiviruses. sequence analysis showed that diversity was not evenly distributed throughout the genome, but was greatest in the envelope gene, env. the virus enters host cells via a sequential interaction, initiated by the envelope glycoprot ...201121619902
serosurvey for feline leukemia virus and lentiviruses in captive small neotropic felids in são paulo state, brazil.feline leukemia virus (felv), gammaretrovirus, and feline immunodeficiency virus, a lentivirus, are members of the family retroviridae, and may establish persistent infections in the domestic cat (felis catus). cytoproliferative and cytosuppressive disorders may result from infection with these viruses. morbidity and mortality rates are high in domestic cats worldwide. infection of endangered neotropic small felids with these viruses could be devastating. to investigate the prevalence of felv an ...200312723802
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