title: Emergence and recent evolution of canine parvovirus.
abstract: This review summarizes the current knowledge about the emergence of canine parvovirus from an ancestor virus similar to feline panleukopenia virus most likely from a wild carnivore host. The recent evolution of CPV, namely the emergence of new antigenic types, their biological properties and global distribution are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Microbiology, Infectious and Epidemic Diseases, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany. uwe.truyen@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Truyen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005589:Foxes; D017993:Parvovirus, Canine / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity