Genetic Characterization of Coronaviruses from Domestic Ferrets, Japan
subject: coronaviruses, ferret, Genotype, Japan, Genetic characterization, pets
description: 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.
creator: Yutaka Terada, Shohei Minami, Keita Noguchi, Hassan Y.A.H. Mahmoud, Hiroshi Shimoda, Masami Mochizuki, Yumi Une, Ken Maeda
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2014
language: EN
identifier: DOI: 10.3201/eid2002.130543
coverage: Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine