Discovery of a human parvovirus B19 analog (Erythroparvovirus) in cats

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 9650 - 11
• Main Authors: Lanave, Gianvito, Pellegrini, Francesco, Diakoudi, Georgia, Catella, Cristiana, Cavalli, Alessandra, Capozza, Paolo, Elia, Gabriella, Di Martino, Barbara, Zini, Eric, Pollicino, Giuseppe, Zatelli, Andrea, Bányai, Krisztián, Lavazza, Antonio, Decaro, Nicola, Camero, Michele, Martella, Vito
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 20.03.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326/421; 631/326/596; Animals; Anorexia; Cat; Cat Diseases - virology; Cats; Eating disorders; Erythroparvovirus; Feral populations; Genome, Viral; Genomes; Hepatitis; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Infections; Laboratories; Liver; multidisciplinary; Nonstructural proteins; Open Reading Frames; Parvoviridae Infections - veterinary; Parvoviridae Infections - virology; Parvovirus B19, Human - genetics; Parvovirus B19, Human - isolation & purification; Parvoviruses; Pathogens; Phylogeny; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sera; Veterinary medicine; Viruses; VP1 protein; Erythroparvovirus; Hepatitis; Sera; Cat

Two feral cats (from the same colony) were presented to the veterinary clinic for weakness, weight loss, and anorexia. The cats were part of a study on feline hepatotropic viruses (collection A, 43 animals). On metaviromic investigation, parvoviral reads were identified in the sera of the two cats....