Figure 5
FeLV-A/Glasgow-1 and env variant loads in blood and tissue samples from cat #261. Loads of FeLV-A/Glasgow-1 and the env variants of cat #261 quantified by real-time PCR in the tissues collected upon necropsy (A to D) and in blood samples collected over the course of the last 14 months prior to sacrifice (E). A) Provirus loads of FeLV-A/Glasgow-1 and env variants in all tissues. B) env variant provirus loads in tissues without (n = 9) and with (n = 18) apparent lymphoma. C) Viral (cDNA) FeLV-A/Glasgow-1 and env variant loads in all tissues. D) Viral (cDNA) env variant loads in tissues with and without apparent lymphoma. E) Time course of provirus loads of FeLV-A/Glasgow-1 and env variants in the blood of cat #261. Viral loads (C and D) were normalized using GAPDH. Provirus and viral loads (A to D) were tested for statistical significance using the Mann-Whitney U-test (pMWU as indicated).