Experimental Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection of Cats

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Volume 16, Number 11?November 2010
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Experimental Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection of Cats

Judith M.A. van den Brand, Koert J. Stittelaar, Geert van Amerongen, Marco W.G. van de Bildt, Lonneke M.E. Leijten, Thijs Kuiken, and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus Comments to Author
Author affiliations: Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (J.M.A. van den Brand, K.J. Stittelaaar, G. van Amerongen, M.W.G. van de Bildt, L.M.E. Leijten, T. Kuiken, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus); and ViroClinics Biosciences BV, Rotterdam (K.J. Stittelaar, G. van Amerongen, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus)


Abstract
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 in 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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