Giuseppe
Emeritus
Experimental Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection of Cats (Emerg Infect Dis., abstract, edited)
[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full PDF Document (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
DOI: 10.3201/eid1611.100845
Suggested citation for this article: van den Brand JMA, Stittelaar KJ, van Amerongen G, van de Bildt M, Leijten LL, Kuiken T, et al. Experimental pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection of cats. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov; [Epub ahead of print]
Experimental Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection of Cats
Judith M.A. van den Brand, Koert J. Stittelaar, Geert van Amerongen, Marco van de Bildt, Lonneke L. Leijten, Thijs Kuiken, and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus
Author affiliations: Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (J.M.A. van den Brand, K.J. Stittelaaar, G. van Amerongen, M. van de Bildt, L.L. Leijten, T. Kuiken. A.D.M.E. Osterhaus); and ViroClinics Biosciences BV, Rotterdam (K.J. Stittelaar, G. van Amerongen, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus)
To demonstrate that pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus may cause respiratory disease in cats, we intratracheally infected cats. Diffuse alveolar damage developed. Seroconversion of sentinel cats indicated cat-to-cat virus transmission. Unlike cats infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1), extrarespiratory lesions did not develop in cats infected with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus.
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[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full PDF Document (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
DOI: 10.3201/eid1611.100845
Suggested citation for this article: van den Brand JMA, Stittelaar KJ, van Amerongen G, van de Bildt M, Leijten LL, Kuiken T, et al. Experimental pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection of cats. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov; [Epub ahead of print]
Experimental Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection of Cats
Judith M.A. van den Brand, Koert J. Stittelaar, Geert van Amerongen, Marco van de Bildt, Lonneke L. Leijten, Thijs Kuiken, and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus
Author affiliations: Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (J.M.A. van den Brand, K.J. Stittelaaar, G. van Amerongen, M. van de Bildt, L.L. Leijten, T. Kuiken. A.D.M.E. Osterhaus); and ViroClinics Biosciences BV, Rotterdam (K.J. Stittelaar, G. van Amerongen, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus)
To demonstrate that pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus may cause respiratory disease in cats, we intratracheally infected cats. Diffuse alveolar damage developed. Seroconversion of sentinel cats indicated cat-to-cat virus transmission. Unlike cats infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1), extrarespiratory lesions did not develop in cats infected with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus.
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