Association of Plasma Viral RNA Load with Prognosis in Cats Naturally Infected with Feline Immunodeficiency Virus

AUTOR(ES)

Goto, Yuko

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We measured the quantity of plasma feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) RNA using a real-time sequence detecting system. Plasma viral RNA load was shown to correlate with the clinical stage, survival time, and disease progression in naturally FIV-infected cats. The present study indicates that the plasma viral RNA load can be used as a clinical marker representing the impairment of the immune system and predicting the clinical outcome in FIV-infected cats.

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