title: Viral infections of the feline urinary tract.
abstract: The exact cause of hematuria, dysuria, and urethral obstruction remains unknown in a large percentage of naturally occurring cases of feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD). One attractive hypothesis implicates viruses as the cause of some idiopathic forms of FLUTD; supporting this hypothesis is the fact that a gamma herpesvirus, a calicivirus, and a retrovirus have been isolated from urine and tissues obtained from cats with this type of disease. Although the clinical course and laboratory findings of cats with idiopathic FLUTD are suggestive of an infectious cause, the question of whether viruses have a pathologic role in some forms of naturally acquired FLUTDs has not been completely answered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kruger
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Venta
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sussman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D017927:Calicivirus, Feline; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D002415:Cats; D006564:Herpesviridae; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D016092:Spumavirus; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000187:drug effects / Q000821:virology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents