FIV ESTABLISHES A LATENT INFECTION IN FELINE PERIPHERAL BLOOD CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTES IN VIVO DURING THE ASYMPTOMATIC PHASE OF INFECTION

FIV establishes a latent infection in feline peripheral blood CD4+ T lymphocytes in vivo during the asymptomatic phase of infection

Abstract Background Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus of cats that establishes a lifelong persistent infection with immunologic impairment.Results In an approximately 2 year-long experimental infection study, LIVER TONE PETS cats infected with a biological isolate of FIV clade C demonstrated undetectable plasma viral loads from 10

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Universal immunity to influenza must outwit immune evasion

Although an influenza vaccine has been available for 70 years, influenza virus still causes seasonal epidemics and worldwide pandemics.Currently available vaccines elicit strain-specific antibody responses to the surface haemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) proteins, but these can Connectors be ineffective against serologically-distinct viral

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Effective immuno-therapeutic treatment of Canine Leishmaniasis.

Baseball Bat BackgroundCanine Leishmaniasis (CanL) caused by the L.infantum species is one of the biggest threats to the health of the South American canine population.Chemotherapeutics currently used for the treatment of CanL fail to induce a total parasite clearance while inducing numerous side effects.As CanL is an immunomodulated disease, the u

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