Puma lentivirus

Puma lentivirus
Virus classification
Group:	Group VI (ssRNA-RT)
Order:	Unassigned
Family:	Retroviridae
Subfamily:	Orthoretrovirinae
Genus:	Lentivirus
Species:	Puma lentivirus

Puma lentivirus (PLV) is a retrovirus.^[1] A study in 2003 indicated that domestic cats infected with puma lentivirus (PLV) or lion lentivirus (LLV) began producing anti-FIV immune responses.^[2]

References

↑ VandeWoude S, Hageman CL, Hoover EA (September 2003). "Domestic cats infected with lion or puma lentivirus develop anti-feline immunodeficiency virus immune responses". J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 34 (1): 20–31. doi:10.1097/00126334-200309010-00003. PMID 14501789.
↑ http://journals.lww.com/jaids/Abstract/2003/09010/Domestic_Cats_Infected_with_Lion_or_Puma.3.aspx

Virus: Retroviruses

ssRNA-RT virus

Retroviridae

Alpharetrovirus	Avian sarcoma leukosis virus Rous sarcoma virus

Betaretrovirus	Mouse mammary tumor virus Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus

Deltaretrovirus	Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1 HTLV-2, 3, 4) Simian-T-lymphotropic virus (types 1-4) Bovine leukemia virus

Epsilonretrovirus	Walleye epidermal hyperplasia virus

Gammaretrovirus	Murine leukemia virus Abelson murine leukemia virus Friend virus Feline leukemia virus Koala retrovirus (KIDS) Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus

Lentivirus	HIV Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) Puma lentivirus Equine infectious anemia Bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) Caprine arthritis encephalitis virus Visna virus

Spumavirus	Simian foamy virus Human foamy virus

Other

Metaviridae
Pseudoviridae

dsDNA-RT virus

Hepadnaviridae (Hepatitis B virus)
Caulimoviridae

Endogenous

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