Ibisobanuro birambuye
Virusi ya Feline leukemia (FeLV) ni retrovirus yiganje cyane mu miyoboro y'isi yose.Feline leukemia ni indwara ikunda guhitana abantu mu njangwe, ikaba ari indwara yandura ya neoplastique yanduye iterwa na virusi ya leukemia na virusi ya sarcoma.Ibintu nyamukuru biranga ni lymphoma mbi, myeloid leukemia, hamwe na thymus atrophy degenerative na anemia idakira, muri byo hakaba hakomeye cyane injangwe ni lymphoma mbi.Injangwe zifite uburibwe bukabije kandi zigabanuka uko imyaka igenda.
Feline VIH (FIV) ni virusi ya lentiviral yanduza injangwe ku isi, aho injangwe zanduye 2,5% kugeza 4.4%.FIV itandukanye muri tagisi nizindi ebyiri za retrovirus, virusi ya leukemia (FeLV) na virusi ya feline foam (FFV), kandi ifitanye isano rya hafi na VIH (VIH).Muri FIV, ubwoko butanu bwamenyekanye hashingiwe ku itandukaniro riri muri nucleotide ikurikirana ibahasha ya virusi (ENV) cyangwa polymerase (POL).FIV ni zo zonyine zidafite virusi itera sida, ariko FIV ntabwo yica injangwe kuko zishobora kubaho ubuzima bwiza mu myaka myinshi nk'abatwara kandi banduza indwara.