Janet Yamamoto - Gainesville FL, US Jennifer Janelle - Gainesville FL, US Barbara Torres - Gainesville FL, US Maki Arai - Gainesville FL, US Taishi Tanabe - Gainesville FL, US Ruiyu Pu - Gainesville FL, US
The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for detecting, preventing and treating retroviral infections in humans and other animals susceptible to infection by retrovirus. It has been discovered that FIV can be transmitted from cats to humans and that the FIV can infect human cells in vivo and that antibodies generated by the infected person cross-react with HIV antigens. Thus, the methods and compositions of the subject invention can be used to detect, prevent and treat FIV infection in humans and other non-feline animals that are susceptible to FIV infection. The methods and compositions of the invention can also be used to prevent and treat infection by HIV in humans.
Materials And Methods For Detecting, Preventing, And Treating Retroviral Infection
Janet K. Yamamoto - Gainesville FL, US Jennifer White Janelle - Gainesville FL, US Barbara Aurea Torres - Gainesville FL, US Maki Arai - Gainesville FL, US Taishi Tanabe - Gainesville FL, US Ruiyu Pu - Gainesville FL, US
International Classification:
A61K 39/21
US Classification:
4242081
Abstract:
The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for detecting, preventing and treating retroviral infections in humans and other animals susceptible to infection by retrovirus. It has been discovered that FIV can be transmitted from cats to humans and that the FIV can infect human cells in vivo and that antibodies generated by the infected person cross-react with HIV antigens. Thus, the methods and compositions of the subject invention can be used to detect, prevent and treat FIV infection in humans and other non-feline animals that are susceptible to FIV infection. The methods and compositions of the invention can also be used to prevent and treat infection by HIV in humans.