Cikakken bayanin
Feline HIV (FIV) kwayar cutar lentiviral ce wacce ke cutar da kuliyoyi a duk duniya, tare da kashi 2.5% zuwa 4.4% na kuliyoyi masu kamuwa da cuta.FIV ya bambanta da sauran nau'in retroviruses guda biyu, cutar sankarar bargo (FeLV) da kwayar cutar kumfa (FFV), kuma yana da alaƙa da HIV (HIV).A cikin FIV, an gano nau'i-nau'i guda biyar bisa bambance-bambance a cikin jerin nucleotide da ke ɓoye ambulan hoto (ENV) ko polymerase (POL).FIVs sune kawai ƙwayoyin lentivirus waɗanda ba na farko ba waɗanda ke haifar da ciwo mai kama da AIDS, amma FIVs ba su da haɗari ga kuliyoyi saboda suna iya rayuwa cikin lafiya har tsawon shekaru masu yawa a matsayin masu ɗauke da cutar.