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An eight-year epidemiologic study based on baculovirus-expressed type-specific spike proteins for the differentiation of type I and II feline coronavirus infections

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Veterinary Research, August 2014
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Title
An eight-year epidemiologic study based on baculovirus-expressed type-specific spike proteins for the differentiation of type I and II feline coronavirus infections
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BMC Veterinary Research, August 2014
DOI 10.1186/s12917-014-0186-7
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Ying-Ting Wang, Ling-Ling Chueh, Cho-Hua Wan

Abstract

BackgroundFeline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a fatal disease caused by feline coronavirus (FCoV). FCoVs are divided into two serotypes with markedly different infection rates among cat populations around the world. A baculovirus-expressed type-specific domain of the spike proteins of FCoV was used to survey the infection of the two viruses over the past eight years in Taiwan.ResultsAn immunofluorescence assay based on cells infected with the recombinant viruses that was capable of distinguishing between the two types of viral infection was established. A total of 833 cases from a teaching hospital was surveyed for prevalence of different FCoV infections. Infection of the type I FCoV was dominant, with a seropositive rate of 70.4%, whereas 3.5% of cats were infected with the type II FCoV. In most cases, results derived from serotyping and genotyping were highly agreeable. However, 16.7% (4/24) FIP cats and 9.8% (6/61) clinically healthy cats were found to possess antibodies against both viruses. Moreover, most of the cats (84.6%, 22/26) infected with a genotypic untypable virus bearing a type I FCoV antibody.ConclusionA relatively simple serotyping method to distinguish between two types of FCoV infection was developed. Based on this method, two types of FCoV infection in Taiwan was first carried out. Type I FCoV was found to be predominant compared with type II virus. Results derived from serotyping and genotyping support our current understanding of evolution of disease-related FCoV and transmission of FIP.

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Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 16%
Researcher 5 16%
Student > Master 5 16%
Student > Bachelor 3 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 6 19%
Unknown 6 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 7 22%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 9%
Environmental Science 1 3%
Other 6 19%
Unknown 7 22%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 December 2023.
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#2,800,600
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Outputs from BMC Veterinary Research
#176
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#27,653
of 243,336 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Veterinary Research
#5
of 58 outputs
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