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Intrahost diversity of feline coronavirus: a consensus between the circulating virulent/avirulent strains and the internal mutation hypotheses?
TheScientificWorldJournal - 1 Jan 2013
Hora Aline S, Asano Karen M, Guerra Juliana M, Mesquita Ramon G, Maiorka Paulo, Richtzenhain Leonardo J, Brandão Paulo E
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the most controversial issue concerning current feline coronavirus (FCoV) virology, the coexisting hypotheses of the intrahost and interhost origins of feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) in regard to the pathogenesis of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), this study aimed to assess the molecular diversity of the membrane gene FCoVs in 190 samples from 10 cats with signs of FIP and in 5 faecal...
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