Differentiation of feline coronavirus type I and II infections by virus neutralization test

• Published in: Veterinary microbiology Vol. 124; no. 3; pp. 348 - 352
• Main Authors: Shiba, Nozomi, Maeda, Ken, Kato, Hirotomo, Mochizuki, Masami, Iwata, Hiroyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 06.10.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Viral - blood; antigenic variation; Biological and medical sciences; Cats; Cells, Cultured; Coronavirus, Feline - classification; Coronavirus, Feline - immunology; Diagnosis, Differential; disease detection; disease diagnosis; disease prevalence; Feline coronavirus; feline infectious peritonitis; Feline Infectious Peritonitis - diagnosis; Feline Infectious Peritonitis - epidemiology; Feline Infectious Peritonitis - virology; Feline infectious peritonitis virus; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; immunologic techniques; Japan; Japan - epidemiology; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; molecular epidemiology; neutralization tests; Neutralization Tests - methods; Neutralization Tests - veterinary; pathogen identification; pathotypes; Phylogeny; serodiagnosis; Seroepidemiologic Studies; seroprevalence; serotypes; Species Specificity; Virology; Virus neutralization test; Japan; Feline coronavirus; Feline infectious peritonitis virus; Virus neutralization test; Infection; Virus; Coronavirus; Neutralization test; Viral disease; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales

Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is divided into two types I and II, based on their growth in vitro and antigenicity. In this study, virus neutralization (VN) test was applied for type differentiation of FCoV infections. Sera of cats which were clinically and serologically diagnosed as feline infectious pe...