Feline Infectious Peritonitis: A Challenging Diagnostic and Therapeutic Labyrinth [PDF]
AnimalsFeline coronaviruses (FCoVs) are ubiquitous pathogens, exhibiting high prevalence across feline populations worldwide. Although the virulent mutated biotype feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) is observed in only a small percentage of cats, it ...
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Development of a New Indirect ELISA Test for the Detection of Anti-Feline Coronavirus Antibodies in Cats [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesBackground/Objectives: Feline coronavirus (FCoV) belongs to the family Coronaviridae and includes two pathotypes, the less virulent feline enteric coronavirus (FECV), which replicates in the enteric epithelial cells, and feline infectious peritonitis ...
Irene Ferrero +6 more
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Feline Coronavirus in Northern Vietnam: Genetic Detection and Characterization Reveal Predominance of Type I Viruses [PDF]
VirusesThis study was conducted to identify the molecular and biological characteristics of the collected feline coronavirus (FCoV) strains in northern Vietnam.
Hieu Van Dong +3 more
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In Vitro Evaluation of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Involvement in Feline Coronavirus Infection [PDF]
VirusesFeline coronavirus (FCoV) is an alphacoronavirus (αCoV) that causes moderate or chronic asymptomatic infection in cats. However, in a single infected cat, FCoV can modify its cellular tropism by acquiring the ability to infect macrophages, resulting in ...
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Successful in vitro propagation of feline coronavirus from clinically diagnosed feline infectious peritonitis cases using Vero cells: A potential model for future research. [PDF]
Vet Rec OpenAbstract Background Feline coronavirus (FCoV) causes inapparent to progressive fatal feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) in domestic and wild cats, which affects multiple‐organ systems. Methods We investigated three clinically sick cats using different laboratory and molecular tests to diagnose and confirm FCoV and propagate the virus in Vero cell ...
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Development and characterization of reverse genetics systems of feline infectious peritonitis virus for antiviral research [PDF]
Veterinary ResearchFeline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a lethal, immune-mediated disease in cats caused by feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV), a biotype of feline coronavirus (FCoV).
Guoqian Gu +4 more
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Phylogenetic analysis of feline infectious peritonitis virus, feline enteric coronavirus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 of cats in Surabaya, Indonesia [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2023 Background and Aim: Questions about the origin of coronavirus and its introduction to human beings have persisted. The detection of a variety of coronavirus related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in bats and pangolins led
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Although feline coronavirus (FCoV) infection is extremely common in cats, there are currently few effective treatments. A peptide derived from the heptad repeat 2 (HR2) domain of the coronavirus (CoV) spike protein has shown effective for inhibition of ...
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Cells, 2020 Feline coronaviruses (FCoVs) infect both wild and domestic cat populations world-wide. FCoVs present as two main biotypes: the mild feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) and the fatal feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV).
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Acta Veterinaria, 2023 Feline coronavirus (FCoV) infections occur commonly in cats, with entrocyte and monocyte-macrophage tropism. Most FCoV-infected cats remain asymp tomatic, but up to 10% develop fatal feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). This study aims to investigate the
Gülersoy Erdem +5 more
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