Natural FCoV infection: Cats with FIP exhibit significantly higher viral loads than healthy infected cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-72

  Kipar, Anja ^a,b   Baptiste, Keith ^b   Barth, Andreas ^a   Reinacher, Manfred ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CORONAVIRUS, FELINE; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; FEMALE; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

CORONAVIRUS; FELIDAE; FELINE CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 30744479178     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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