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Experimental Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus Infection of Cats

2010; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 16; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid1611.100845

1080-6059

Judith M. A. van den Brand, Koert J. Stittelaar, Geert van Amerongen, Marco W. G. van de Bildt, Lonneke Leijten, Thijs Kuiken, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus,

Animal Virus Infections Studies

To demonstrate that pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus may cause respiratory disease in cats, we intratracheally infected cats. Diffuse alveolar damage developed. Seroconversion of sentinel cats indicated cat-to-cat virus transmission. Unlike in cats infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1), extrarespiratory lesions did not develop in cats infected with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus.