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Origin and transmission of Feline coronavirus type I in domestic cats from Northern Italy: a phylogeographic approach.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 May 2020
Lauzi Stefania, Stranieri Angelica, Giordano Alessia, Luzzago Camilla, Zehender Gianguglielmo, Paltrinieri Saverio, Ebranati Erika
Abstract excerpt
Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is responsible, along with an inadequate immune response of the host, for Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), one of the most frequent and deadly infectious feline disease worldwide. This study analyzed the genetic characteristics of the spike (S) gene of 33 FCoVs circulating in Northern Italy between 2011 and 2015 in cats with or without FIP. In order to reconstruct the most probable...
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