title: Feline host range of canine parvovirus: recent emergence of new antigenic types in cats.
abstract: Since the emergence of Canine parvovirus (CPV-2) in the late 1970s, CPV-2 has evolved consecutively new antigenic types, CPV-2a and 2b. Although CPV-2 did not have a feline host range, CPV-2a and 2b appear to have gained the ability to replicate in cats. Recent investigations demonstrate the prevalence of CPV-2a and 2b infection in a wide range of cat populations. We illustrate the pathogenic potential of CPV in cats and assess the risk caused by CPV variants.
authors.affiliation: University College London, London, UK. ikedayasuhiro@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000940:Antigenic Variation; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D002415:Cats / Q000821:virology*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D028301:Feline Panleukopenia Virus / Q000502:physiology; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D017993:Parvovirus, Canine / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000956:Antigens, Viral