title: Persistent papillomavirus infection in a cat.
abstract: A seven-year-old, neutered male, crossbred Persian was diagnosed as having persistent, cutaneous papillomavirus infection. The skin lesions consisted of round, multifocal-to-confluent, raised, black plaques on the neck, thorax, shoulders, and forelegs. Papillomavirus virions were demonstrated in negative-stained, electron microscopic preparations of homogenized skin lesions and within the nuclei of cells from the stratum granulosum. Avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase stains were positive for papillomavirus in the same cells. The cat was euthanized due to a clinical diagnosis o concurrent, severe, chronic pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson 85705, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lozano-Alarcón
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Shupe
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hargis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000662:veterinary; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure / Q000821:virology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*