Systemic Lupus Erythematosus In Dogs

STRANDSTROM et al found that 50% of normal and diseased dogs sera reacted with one or more recombinant proteins of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Using HIV-1 and T human virus (HTLV) I and II commercial Western blot (WB), we studied 30 sera from dogs with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 19 dogs with lymphoma. Nine normal dogs were tested as controls. HIV-1 Wb, none of the sera collected in 49 dogs suffering from disease and 9 normal sera is reactive. On the other hand, for HTLV WB I / II, five dogs SLE sera and serum from a dog with lymphoma are reactive. Three SLE sera gave a band only P24 and two P42 band SLE sera only. The serum of dogs with lymphoma is reactive with three proteins (rgP21, P24 and P42). Our results are similar to those obtained by STRANDSTROM et al despite the HIV antigens are equivalent. A number of sera significantly (10.2%) is reactive in the HTLV WB / II. The hypothesis of an antiretroviral agent in the dog species can be raised.

If the dogs ARE IN THE PROTEIN HIV does that mean they CAN TRANSMITTE HIV infection in men?

No, this is not what the article speaks. First, the dogs can not get HIV is a disease in particular to humans, they can not transmit the disease is. This article examines why. They are looking for the presence of antiretroviral drugs for HIV in dogs. Retroviral essentally make it much harder for a virus to reproduce. This article is in contradiction with the conclusions of the group Strandstrom. The test group was very low (only 30 animals) are not likely to be reliable.