Feline immunodeficiency virus

Feline immunodeficiency virus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Pararnavirae
Phylum:	Artverviricota
Class:	Revtraviricetes
Order:	Ortervirales
Family:	Retroviridae
Genus:	Lentivirus
Species:	Feline immunodeficiency virus

Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a Lentivirus that affects cats worldwide, with 2.5% to 4.4%^[1]^[2] of felines being infected.

FIV was first isolated in 1986, by Niels C Pedersen and Janet K. Yamamoto at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in a colony of cats that had a high prevalence of opportunistic infections and degenerative conditions and was originally called Feline T-lymphotropic virus.^[3] It has since been identified in domestic cats.^[4] It has been suggested FIV originated in Africa and has since spread to feline species worldwide.

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