Genetic characterization of coronaviruses from domestic ferrets, Japan.
We detected ferret coronaviruses in 44 (55.7%) of 79 pet ferrets tested in Japan and classified the viruses into 2 genotypes on the basis of genotype-specific PCR. Our results show that 2 ferret coronaviruses that cause feline infectious peritonitis-like disease and epizootic catarrhal enteritis are enzootic among ferrets in Japan.
Yutaka
Y
Terada
Shohei
S
Minami
Keita
K
Noguchi
Hassan Y A H
HY
Mahmoud
Hiroshi
H
Shimoda
Masami
M
Mochizuki
Yumi
Y
Une
Ken
K
Maeda
D000818:Animals; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D004751:Enteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005289:Ferrets / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D057805:Pets; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
D012367:RNA, Viral
Japan; coronaviruses; domestic ferret; ferret; genetic characterization; genotype; pets; viruses