title: Concurrent oral shedding of feline calicivirus and feline herpesvirus 1 in cats with chronic gingivostomatitis.
abstract: Oral mucosal salivary samples were collected from 25 cats with chronic gingivostomatitis and 24 cats with periodontal disease. Viral culture and isolation of feline calicivirus and feline herpesvirus 1 were performed. Eighty-eight per cent of cats with chronic gingivostomatitis were shedding both viruses, compared to 21% of cats without chronic oral inflammatory disease. Cats with chronic gingivostomatitis are significantly more likely to concurrently shed both feline calicivirus and feline herpesvirus 1 than are cats with classical periodontal disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lommer
authors.forename: F J M
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Verstraete
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D017927:Calicivirus, Feline / Q000502:physiology*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D002415:Cats; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000821:virology; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D018140:Varicellovirus / Q000502:physiology*; D017201:Virus Shedding / Q000502:physiology*