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Published in final edited form as: Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2009 Oct 14;134(1-2):25. doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.10.005

Table 1.

Naturally occurring lentiviral transmissions between adapted and nonadapted/new species reported in the literature.

“Adapted” Host	Nonadapted/New Host	Lentivirus Transmitted	Comment and Citation
Bobcat, Lynx rufus	Puma, Puma concolor	FIV_Pco Clade A, (FIV_Lru)	It is hypothesized that the route of transmission is from bobcat to puma, though this has not been definitively proven. (Franklin et al., 2007)
Domestic cat, Felis catus	Puma, Puma concolor	FIV_Fca (domestic cat FIV)	Recorded in one captive puma housed in a zoo in Argentina. (Carpenter et al., 1996)
Domestic cat, Felis catus	Tsushima leopard cat, Felis bengalensis euptilura	FIV_Fca (domestic cat FIV)	(Nishimura et al., 1999)
African lion, Panthera leo	Tiger, (Panthera tigris) Snow Leopard, (Uncia uncia)	FIV_Ple (African lion FIV)	All three animals (lion, tiger and snow leopard) were in the same zoo in Asia. (Troyer et al., 2005)
Sheep, Ovis aries	Goat, Capra hirus	Maedi-Visna Virus; Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis	(Pisoni et al., 2007; Ravazzolo et al., 2001; Rolland et al., 2002; Zanoni, 1998)
Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes	Human, Homo sapiens	SIV_Cpz; HIV-1	(Gao et al., 1999; Hahn et al., 2000); for review see (VandeWoude and Apetrei, 2006)
Sooty mangabey, Cercocebus atys	Human, Homo sapiens	SIV_Smm; HIV-2	(Chen et al., 1997); for review see (VandeWoude and Apetrei, 2006)