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Review
. 2022 Apr 28;14(5):923.
doi: 10.3390/v14050923.

Vaccination of Immunocompromised Cats

Katrin Hartmann  1 , Karin Möstl  2 , Albert Lloret  3 , Etienne Thiry  4 , Diane D Addie  5 , Sándor Belák  6 , Corine Boucraut-Baralon  7 , Herman Egberink  8 , Tadeusz Frymus  9 , Regina Hofmann-Lehmann  10 , Hans Lutz  10 , Fulvio Marsilio  11 , Maria Grazia Pennisi  12 , Séverine Tasker  13   14 , Uwe Truyen  15 , Margaret J Hosie  16
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Review

Vaccination of Immunocompromised Cats

Katrin Hartmann et al. Viruses. .

Abstract

Immunocompromise is a common condition in cats, especially due to widespread infections with immunosuppressive viruses, such as feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV), but also due to chronic non-infectious diseases, such as tumours, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease, as well as treatment with immunosuppressive drugs, such as glucocorticoids, cyclosporins, or tumour chemotherapy. In this review, the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD), a scientifically independent board of experts in feline medicine from eleven European countries, discusses the current knowledge and rationale for vaccination of immunocompromised cats. So far, there are few data available on vaccination of immunocompromised cats, and sometimes studies produce controversial results. Thus, this guideline summarizes the available scientific studies and fills in the gaps with expert opinion, where scientific studies are missing. Ultimately, this review aims to help veterinarians with their decision-making in how best to vaccinate immunocompromised cats.

Keywords: DOI; duration of immunity; efficacy; feline; immunocompromise; immunodeficiency; immunosuppression; safety; vaccine.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors are members of the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD), a scientifically independent board of experts in feline medicine. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. The funders had no role in the writing or in the decision to publish this review.

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