Canine Coronavirus Highly Pathogenic for Dogs
subject: Italy, Mortality, Dog, coronavirus, dispatch
description: 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.
creator: Vito Martella, Nicola Decaro, Canio Buonavoglia, Maria Tempesta, Gabriella Elia, Costantina Desario, Marco Campolo, Massimo Castagnaro
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2006
identifier: DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050839
coverage: Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine