Epidemiological and pathological study of feline morbillivirus infection in domestic cats in Japan

• Published in: BMC veterinary research Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 228
• Main Authors: Park, Eun-Sil, Suzuki, Michio, Kimura, Masanobu, Mizutani, Hiroshi, Saito, Ryuichi, Kubota, Nami, Hasuike, Youko, Okajima, Jungo, Kasai, Hidemi, Sato, Yuko, Nakajima, Noriko, Maruyama, Keiji, Imaoka, Koichi, Morikawa, Shigeru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 11.10.2016; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Biological diversity; blood serum; Canine distemper; Canine distemper virus; Care and treatment; Cat Diseases - blood; Cat Diseases - epidemiology; Cat Diseases - pathology; Cats; Diseases; epidemiological studies; Europe; Feline morbillivirus; fluorescent antibody technique; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; genetic variation; HeLa Cells; histopathology; Humans; immunohistochemistry; Japan; Japan - epidemiology; Kidney - virology; kidneys; Morbillivirus - genetics; Morbillivirus Infections - blood; Morbillivirus Infections - epidemiology; Morbillivirus Infections - pathology; Morbillivirus Infections - veterinary; nephritis; Nephritis, Interstitial - virology; Respirovirus; RNA; RNA, Viral - analysis; RNA, Viral - urine; urine; Japan; Europe; Kidney disease; Feline morbillivirus; Inflammation; Epidemiology; Cat

Feline morbillivirus (FmoPV) is a novel paramyxovirus found to infect domestic cats. FmoPV has been isolated in several countries in Asia and Europe and is considered to have genetic diversity. Also, it is suspected to be associated with feline renal diseases including tubulointerstitial nephritis (...