Emergence of pathogenic coronaviruses in cats by homologous recombination between feline and canine coronaviruses.

Emergence of pathogenic coronaviruses in cats by homologous recombination between feline and canine coronaviruses.

Type II feline coronavirus (FCoV) emerged via double recombination between type I FCoV and type II canine coronavirus (CCoV). In this study, two type I FCoVs, three type II FCoVs and ten type II CCoVs were genetically compared. The results showed that three Japanese type II FCoVs, M91-267, KUK-H/L a...

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Main Authors: Yutaka Terada, Nobutaka Matsui, Keita Noguchi, Ryusei Kuwata, Hiroshi Shimoda, Takehisa Soma, Masami Mochizuki, Ken Maeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4152292?pdf=render

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