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Testing of nucleoside analogues in cats infected with feline leukemia virus: a model
L Tavares1, C Roneker, L Postie
1Department of Veterinary Microbiology, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853.
Intervirology
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
In the present communication we evaluate the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) infection of cats as a model for antiretroviral chemotherapy studies. Additionally, we report the results of testing the antiviral effect of the compounds, 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT), 2',3'-dideoxycytidine, 2',3'-dideoxyinosine and 2',3'-dideoxyadenosine against FeLV replication in vitro. Cumulative data from experiments in which FeLV-infected cats were treated with AZT at different stages of experimental infection are also evaluated.