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I-feline HIV (FIV) yintsholongwane ye-lentviral esulela iikati kwihlabathi jikelele, kunye ne-2.5% ukuya kwi-4.4% yeekati ezosulelekileyo.I-FIV yahluke ngokwe-taxonomically kwezinye ii-feline retroviruses, i-feline leukemia virus (FeLV) kunye ne-feline foam virus (FFV), kwaye inxulumene ngokusondeleyo ne-HIV (HIV).Kwi-FIV, ii-subtypes ezihlanu ziye zachongwa ngokusekelwe kwiiyantlukwano kwi-nucleotide yokulandelelanisa i-envelope yentsholongwane yentsholongwane (ENV) okanye i-polymerase (POL).Ii-FIV kuphela kwe-non-primate lentiviruses ebangela i-AIDS-like syndrome, kodwa ii-FIV azihlali zibulala iikati ngenxa yokuba zihlala zisempilweni iminyaka emininzi njengabathwali kunye nabadlulisi besifo.Izitofu zokugonya zingasetyenziswa, nangona ukusebenza kwazo kungaqinisekanga.Emva kokugonywa, ikati yavavanywa ukuba ine-FIV antibodies.