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Genetic characterization of coronaviruses from domestic ferrets, Japan.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2014
Terada Yutaka, Minami Shohei, Noguchi Keita, Mahmoud Hassan Y A H, Shimoda Hiroshi, Mochizuki Masami, Une Yumi, Maeda Ken
Abstract excerpt
We detected ferret coronaviruses in 44 (55.7%) of 79 pet ferrets tested in Japan and classified the viruses into 2 genotypes on the basis of genotype-specific PCR. Our results show that 2 ferret coronaviruses that cause feline infectious peritonitis-like disease and epizootic catarrhal enteritis are enzootic among ferrets in Japan.
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