Details:

Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060608
Personal Author:
Leschnik, Michael ; Weikel, Joachim ; Möstl, Karin ; Revilla-Fernández, Sandra ; Wodak, Eveline ; ... More +
Leschnik, Michael ; Weikel, Joachim ; Möstl, Karin ; Revilla-Fernández, Sandra ; Wodak, Eveline ; Bagó, Zoltan ; Vanek, Elisabeth ; Benetka, Viviane ; Hess, Michael ; Thalhammer, Johann G. Less -
Description:
Avian influenza A virus subtype H5N1 was transmitted to domestic cats by close contact with infected birds. Virus-specific nucleic acids were detected in pharyngeal swabs from 3 of 40 randomly sampled cats from a group of 194 animals (day 8 after contact with an infected swan). All cats were transferred to a quarantine station and monitored for clinical signs, virus shedding, and antibody production until day 50. Despite unfamiliar handling, social distress, and the presence of other viral and nonviral pathogens that caused illness and poor health and compromised the immune systems, clinical signs of influenza did not develop in any of the cats. There was no evidence of horizontal transmission to other cats because antibodies against H5N1 virus developed in only 2 cats.
Subject:
[+]
Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Austria
Birds
Cat Diseases
Cats
Influenza A
Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype
Natural Infection
Orthomyxoviridae Infections
Research
Susceptibility
Transmission
Virus Subtype H5N1

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(2):243-247.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
[+]
urn:sha256:341377f217f60455732e5c42ed555ca26215b844c9a58bb0c93ac6c2f58b066b
File Type:

Supporting Files

• 	06-0608.nxml	txt
  	license.txt	txt

More +