Natural antisense viral transcripts have been recognized in retroviruses, including human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), HIV-1, and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and have been… (More)
Ecotropic feline leukemia viruses subgroup A (FeLV-A) is known to recombine with endogenous FeLV (enFeLV) env elements yielding polytropic FeLV-B viruses. However, scattered nucleotide differences… (More)
The intentional use of Bacillus anthracis, the etiological agent of anthrax, as a bioterrorist weapon in late 2001 made our society acutely aware of the importance of developing, testing, and… (More)
OBJECTIVE
Previous studies show that acute tryptophan depletion (ATD), by administration of an amino acid drink lacking tryptophan, can produce clinically significant depressive symptoms in subjects… (More)
F6A, a molecular clone of subgroup A feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is considered to be highly infectious but weakly pathogenic. In recent studies with a closely related subgroup A molecular clone,… (More)
BACKGROUND
Human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) causes adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and is linked to a number of lymphocyte-mediated disorders. HTLV-1 contains both regulatory and accessory… (More)
Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection causes adult T-cell leukemia and several lymphocyte-mediated inflammatory diseases. Persistent HTLV-1 infection is determined by a balance between… (More)
The thymus is a major target organ in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected children and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)-infected young cats (G. A. Dean and N. C. Pedersen, J.… (More)
Influenza hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and virus microneutralization assays (MN) are widely used for seroprevalence studies. However, these assays have limited field portability and are difficult… (More)
Chronic renal failure and the associated erythropoietin-responsive anemia afflicts over 2 million domestic cats in the United States, resulting in morbidity that can affect the owner–pet… (More)