Prevalence and risk factors for Felis catus gammaherpesvirus 1 detection in domestic cats in Italy.
Animals
Cat Diseases
/ diagnosis
Cats
Coinfection
/ epidemiology
Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
/ complications
Female
Gammaherpesvirinae
/ genetics
Herpesviridae Infections
/ complications
Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline
/ genetics
Italy
/ epidemiology
Male
Molecular Epidemiology
Prevalence
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
/ veterinary
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Cats
Gammaherpesvirus
Molecular survey
Risk factors
Journal
Veterinary microbiology
ISSN: 1873-2542
Titre abrégé: Vet Microbiol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7705469
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2019
Nov 2019
Historique:
received:
12
08
2019
revised:
15
09
2019
accepted:
20
09
2019
entrez:
26
10
2019
pubmed:
28
10
2019
medline:
31
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Felis catus gammaherpesvirus 1 (FcaGHV1), a novel gammaherpesvirus of domestic cats identified in 2014, has been detected in different countries demonstrating a worldwide distribution. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of FcaGHV1 in Italy using a molecular epidemiological approach. FcaGHV1 DNA was detected with virus-specific real-time PCR in ≃1% of 2659 feline blood samples tested. Analysis of risk factors showed that being male and coinfection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) increase the likelihood of FcaGHV1 detection. One-third of FcaGHV1-positive cats also tested positive for FIV provirus, whereas coinfections with feline panleukopenia virus were not demonstrated. Further studies are necessary to confirm the risk factors for FcaGHV1 detection and the pathobiology of the virus.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31648722
pii: S0378-1135(19)30960-5
doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.108426
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
108426Informations de copyright
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