http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24447852

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):284-7. doi: 10.3201/eid2002.130543.

Genetic characterization of coronaviruses from domestic ferrets, Japan.

Terada Y, Minami S, Noguchi K, Mahmoud HY, Shimoda H, Mochizuki M,
Une Y, Maeda K.

Abstract
We detected ferret coronaviruses in 44 (55.7%) of 79 pet ferrets tested
in Japan and classified the viruses into 2 genotypes on the basis of
genotype-specific PCR. Our results show that 2 ferret coronaviruses
that cause feline infectious peritonitis-like disease and epizootic
catarrhal enteritis are enzootic among ferrets in Japan.

KEYWORDS:
Japan, coronaviruses, domestic ferret, ferret, genetic
characterization, genotype, pets, viruses

PMID: 24447852 [PubMed - in process]
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