Incazelo enemininingwane
I-Feline HIV (FIV) igciwane le-lentviral elithelela amakati emhlabeni wonke, kanti u-2.5% kuya ku-4.4% wamakati anegciwane.I-FIV ihluke ngokwe-taxonomically kwamanye ama-retroviruses amabili, i-feline leukemia virus (FeLV) kanye ne-feline foam virus (FFV), futhi ihlobene eduze ne-HIV (HIV).Ku-FIV, ama-subtypes amahlanu akhonjwe ngokusekelwe kumehluko wokulandelana kwe-nucleotide encoding viral envelope (ENV) noma i-polymerase (POL).Ama-FIV yiwona kuphela ama-lentivirus angewona ama-primate abangela i-AIDS-like syndrome, kodwa ama-FIV awavamile ukubulala amakati ngoba angaphila iminyaka eminingi enempilo njengabathwali nabadlulisi besifo.