Genetic Characterization of Coronaviruses from Domestic Ferrets, Japan

Authors :: Hiroshi Shimoda
Shohei Minami
Yumi Une
Hassan Y.A.H. Mahmoud
Yutaka Terada
Ken Maeda
Keita Noguchi
Masami Mochizuki
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 284-287 (2014)
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2014.
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.