Canine Coronavirus Highly Pathogenic for Dogs
Italy, Mortality, Dog, coronavirus, dispatch
Canine coronavirus (CCoV) is usually responsible for mild, self-limiting infections restricted to the enteric tract. We report an outbreak of fatal disease in puppies caused by a pathogenic variant of CCoV that was isolated from organs with severe lesions.
Vito Martella, Nicola Decaro, Canio Buonavoglia, Maria Tempesta, Gabriella Elia, Costantina Desario, Marco Campolo, Massimo Castagnaro
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine