Acute and chronic faucitis of domestic cats. A feline calicivirus-induced disease.
The lesions of acute feline calicivirus infection are of a transient vesiculo-ulcerative nature and involve, to varying degrees, the palate, tongue, gingiva, lips, nasal philtrum, and oral fauces. Chronic ulceroproliferative faucitis is a specific but uncommon sequelae to persistent feline calicivirus oral carriage.
Reubel
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Department of Medicine, University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis.
Hoffmann
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Pedersen
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001706:Biopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D002139:Caliciviridae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D002908:Chronic Disease; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
D000914:Antibodies, Viral