title: Canine distemper virus infection in a masked palm civet (Paguma larvata).
abstract: A free-living masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) died after exhibiting signs of canine distemper (CD). The microscopic lesions consisted of cytoplasmic and intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion bodies, bronchointerstitial pneumonia, non-purulent encephalitis accompanied by demyelination and lymphocytic depletion in various lymphoid tissues. CD virus-specific antigens were demonstrated immunohistochemically in intracellular eosinophilic inclusions, which were ultrastructurally confirmed to be viral nucleocapsids. From these findings, the present case was diagnosed as CD virus infection in a masked palm civet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Izumisawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiryu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000382:microbiology*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000662:veterinary; D004216:Distemper / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005260:Female; D013045:Species Specificity