Bandecchi P, Dell'Omodarme M, Magi M, Palamidessi A, Prati M C
Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Profilassi ed Igiene degli Alimenti, Universita di Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy.
Vet Rec. 2006 Apr 22;158(16):555-7. doi: 10.1136/vr.158.16.555.
The seroprevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in 203 apparently healthy domestic cats living in the district of Pisa, central Italy, was 11.3 per cent, and the prevalence of feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) was 8.4 per cent. The prevalence of FIV depended significantly on the lifestyle and age of the cats; cats living outdoors were more likely to be FIV-positive than cats living indoors, and the proportion of FIV-positive cats increased with age. In contrast, there was no significant relationship between these variables and the prevalence of FeLV. There was no significant relationship between the cats' seropositivity for FIV and FeLV. The results of a five-year field study to control FeLV infection by vaccination in a colony of 30 domestic adult cats naturally exposed to the infection suggest that the vaccination was effective in FIV-negative cats, but failed to protect FIV-positive cats against FeLV.
在意大利中部比萨地区生活的203只看似健康的家猫中，猫免疫缺陷病毒（FIV）的血清阳性率为11.3%，猫白血病病毒（FeLV）的流行率为8.4%。FIV的流行率在很大程度上取决于猫的生活方式和年龄；生活在户外的猫比生活在室内的猫更有可能感染FIV呈阳性，且FIV阳性猫的比例随年龄增长而增加。相比之下，这些变量与FeLV的流行率之间没有显著关系。猫FIV和FeLV的血清阳性之间没有显著关系。一项为期五年的实地研究结果表明，在一个自然暴露于感染的30只成年家猫群体中，通过接种疫苗来控制FeLV感染，该疫苗对FIV阴性猫有效，但未能保护FIV阳性猫免受FeLV感染。
