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Feline Coronavirus 3c Protein: A Candidate for a Virulence Marker?
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2016
Hora A S, Tonietti P O, Taniwaki S A, Asano K M, Maiorka P, Richtzenhain L J, Brandão P E
Abstract excerpt
Feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) is highly virulent and responsible for the highly fatal disease feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), whereas feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) is widespread among the feline population and typically causes asymptomatic infections. Some candidates for genetic markers capable of differentiating these two pathotypes of a unique virus (feline coronavirus) have been proposed...
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