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Genetics and pathogenesis of feline infectious peritonitis virus.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2009
Brown Meredith A, Troyer Jennifer L, Pecon-Slattery Jill, Roelke Melody E, O'Brien Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is endemic in feral cat populations and cat colonies, frequently preceding outbreaks of fatal feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). FCoV exhibits 2 biotypes: the pathogenic disease and a benign infection with feline enteric coronavirus (FECV). Uncertainty remains regarding whether genetically distinctive avirulent and virulent forms coexist or whether an avirulent form mutates in vivo,...
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