title: Feline panleukopenia virus revisited: molecular characteristics and pathological lesions associated with three recent isolates.
abstract: The low incidence of clinical signs or pathological lesions compatible with feline panleukopenia in cats has created the perception among practitioners that the disease has disappeared since the emergence of canine parvovirus type 2 in the late 1970s. Three parvoviruses that were recently isolated from a domestic cat and 2 cheetahs in cell culture or detected by means of the polymerase chain reaction were shown to be typical feline parvoviruses. Phylogenetic comparison with other FPV isolates did not reveal a particular African cluster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Vuuren
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steinel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goosen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Lugt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Truyen
mesh_terms: D002612:Acinonyx / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000821:virology; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000821:virology; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D002415:Cats / Q000821:virology*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005254:Feline Panleukopenia / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D028301:Feline Panleukopenia Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA