| sleep patterns are disturbed in cats infected with feline immunodeficiency virus. | human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-related sleep disturbances have been reported early in aids. likewise, the feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv), a natural lentivirus pathogen of cats, produces a similar immunodeficiency syndrome with neurological sequelae. to identify the neurophysiological substrate of fiv infection in brain, pathogen-free cats were infected with the maryland strain of fiv. eight weeks after inoculation, all fiv-infected cats seroconverted and virus was detected in the cerebr ... | 1994 | 7809152 |