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101 summaries matching “felids” in Disease & Epidemiology
Research overview: vaccination strategies and risks for protecting wild felids from distemper
OverviewVaccinating endangered wild felids against canine distemper is fraught with trade-offs. This overview surveys the options: modified-live vaccines, which risk vaccine-induced disease in non-target spec…
Research overview: vaccine-induced distemper disease risk in nondomestic felids
OverviewModified-live canine distemper vaccines, while protective in dogs, have caused vaccine-induced disease when given to some nondomestic carnivores, complicating efforts to protect wild felids. This over…
Research overview: vector ecology and the transmission of felid diseases
OverviewTicks, fleas, mosquitoes and tsetse flies transmit many of the pathogens that affect wild cats, making vector ecology central to felid disease. This overview surveys the vectors responsible for spread…
Research overview: why felids are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2: ACE2 receptor biology
OverviewCats are notably permissive to SARS-CoV-2, a susceptibility rooted in the structure of their ACE2 receptor, which the viral spike protein binds efficiently. This overview surveys comparative studies o…
Research overview: wild felids as sentinels for plague activity in the American West
OverviewBecause cats are relatively susceptible to plague and range widely, wild and domestic felids serve as useful sentinels for detecting Yersinia pestis circulation. This overview surveys how serosurveys…
Research overview: wildlife rabies control and the protection of wild felids
OverviewControlling rabies in its wildlife and domestic reservoirs indirectly protects wild felids that are spillover victims of the disease. This overview surveys rabies control strategies relevant to felid…
Serological and demographic evidence for domestic dogs as a source of canine distemper virus infection for Serengeti wildlife
PaperThis study examined the large domestic dog population living around the Serengeti to test whether dogs sustained the canine distemper virus that spilled into lions and other carnivores. Through serosu…
S. Cleaveland, M. G. J. Appel, W. S. K. Chalmers, et al. · Veterinary Microbiology · 2000
Seroprevalence and genomic divergence of circulating strains of feline immunodeficiency virus among Felidae and Hyaenidae species
PaperThis comprehensive study screened thousands of samples from many felid species plus hyenas for feline immunodeficiency virus and sequenced isolates to map viral diversity. The authors confirmed that F…
J. L. Troyer, J. Pecon-Slattery, M. E. Roelke, et al. · Journal of Virology · 2005
Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS-coronavirus 2
PaperThis experimental study assessed which domesticated species could be infected by SARS-CoV-2. The authors found that cats were highly susceptible: inoculated cats replicated the virus efficiently in th…
J. Shi, Z. Wen, G. Zhong, et al. · Science · 2020
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in domestic cats
PaperThis study demonstrated efficient airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between domestic cats under experimental conditions. Cats inoculated with the virus passed it to co-housed naive cats without dire…
P. J. Halfmann, M. Hatta, S. Chiba, et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2020
Transmission of Toxoplasma: clues from the study of sea otters as sentinels of Toxoplasma gondii flow into the marine environment
PaperThis synthesis used southern sea otters as sentinels to trace how the cat-derived parasite Toxoplasma gondii moves from land into the sea. The authors integrated parasitology, oceanography and epidemi…
P. A. Conrad, M. A. Miller, C. Kreuder, et al. · International Journal for Parasitology · 2005