title: Fatal pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A virus infection in a Pennsylvania domestic cat.
abstract: We report the earliest recognized fatality associated with laboratory-confirmed pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza in a domestic cat in the United States. The 12-year old, indoor cat died on 6 November 2009 after exposure to multiple family members who had been ill with influenza-like illness during the peak period of the fall wave of pH1N1 in Pennsylvania during late October 2009. The clinical presentation, history, radiographic, laboratory and necropsy findings are presented to assist veterinary care providers in understanding the features of this disease in cats and the potential for transmission of infection to pets from infected humans.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Office of Science and Public Health Practice, Atlanta, GA, USA. ejc5@cdc.gov
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Campagnolo
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Daverio
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lute
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tewari
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Acland
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ostrowski
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Urdaneta
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ostroff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002415:Cats; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D058873:Pandemics; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology