title: Mixed infection by Feline astrovirus and Feline panleukopenia virus in a domestic cat with gastroenteritis and panleukopenia.
abstract: Astroviruses are important pathogens of human beings and animals. Feline astroviruses have been identified by electron microscopy in the feces of either asymptomatic or symptomatic cats, and experimental infection with one isolate was shown to induce enteric clinical signs and virus excretion, thus suggesting a possible role as enteric pathogen. However, due to the lack of specific diagnostic assays, feline astroviruses are not included in the diagnostic algorithms of feline infectious diseases, and their role as feline pathogens remains unclear. The present report describes a dual infection by Feline astrovirus and Feline panleukopenia virus in a 4-month-old cat with severe gastroenteritis and panleukopenia. Upon sequence analysis, the Feline astrovirus strain was found to be genetically related to astroviruses identified in human beings and felids.
authors: Department of Veterinary Public Health, University of Bari, Strada per Casamassima Km 370010, Valenzano, Bari, Italy.
authors: Paschalina
authors: P
authors: Moschidou
authors: Vito
authors: V
authors: Martella
authors: Eleonora
authors: E
authors: Lorusso
authors: Costantina
authors: C
authors: Desario
authors: Pierfrancesco
authors: P
authors: Pinto
authors: Michele
authors: M
authors: Losurdo
authors: Cristiana
authors: C
authors: Catella
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Parisi
authors: Krisztián
authors: K
authors: Bányai
authors: Canio
authors: C
authors: Buonavoglia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019200:Astroviridae / Q000235:genetics; D019350:Astroviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D001483:Base Sequence; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D002415:Cats; D060085:Coinfection / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005254:Feline Panleukopenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D028301:Feline Panleukopenia Virus; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins