Synonym for feline immunodeficiency virus ... A lentivirus causing acquired immunodeficiency in cats. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Feline immunodeficiency virus. A lentivirus that, like HIV and SIV, uses chemokine receptors (CXCR4) on cells as a co-receptors for infection. FIV can use human chemokine receptors and will infect human cells that express CXCR4. SIV-infected cells fuse to form syncytia.
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