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Pandafrosting t1_iuq397c wrote

I didn't know cats can contract HIV

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I-Am-Yew t1_iuqc4lq wrote

The cat doesn’t have HIV. His owner is an HIV specialist doctor and the cat acts as therapy for those patients. Weird title words and such.

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ethot_thoughts t1_iuq41jl wrote

Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a virus specific to the cat family. It is similar to HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, the cause of AIDS in people) in that it attacks and weakens the immune system and there is no cure. FIV was first recognized in the mid-1980s and has been found in cats worldwide. It is a species specific virus that harms only cats, and poses no risk to humans or other animals.

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