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SUBMITTER: Ramirez H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4819734 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Archives of virology 20160108 4
Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a retrovirus with variable rates of infection globally. DNA was obtained from cats' peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and proviral DNA of pol and env genes was detected using PCR. Seventy-six percent of cats scored positive for FeLV using env-PCR; and 54 %, by pol-PCR. Phylogenetic analysis of both regions identified sequences that correspond to a group that includes endogenous retroviruses. They form an independent branch and, therefore, a new group of endogeno ...[more]