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Journal Article
Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of feline calicivirus in Kunshan, China
2024
Overview
Feline calicivirus (FCV) is a highly contagious virus in cats, which typically causes respiratory tract and oral infections. Despite vaccination against FCV being a regular practice in China, new FCV cases still occur. Antigenic diversity of FCV hinders the effective control by vaccination. This is first report which aims to investigate the molecular epidemiology and molecular characteristics of FCV in Kunshan, China. The nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from cats showing variable clinical signs from different animal clinics in Kunshan from 2022 to 2023. Preliminary detection and sequencing of the FCV capsid gene were performed to study genetic diversity and evolutionary characteristics. FCV-RNA was identified in 52 (26%) of the samples using RT-PCR. A significant association was found between FCV-positive detection rate, age, gender, vaccination status and living environment, while a non-significant association was found with breed of cats. Nucleotide analysis revealed two genotypes, GI and GII. GII predominated in Kunshan, with diverse strains and amino acid variations potentially affecting vaccination efficacy and FCV detection. Notably, analysis pinpointed certain strains’ association with FCV-virulent systemic disease pathotypes. This investigation sheds light on FCV dynamics, which may aid in developing better prevention strategies and future vaccine designs against circulating FCV genotypes.
Publisher
BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Springer Nature B.V,BMC
Subject
20th Anniversary Special Issue
/ Animals
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology
/ Caliciviridae Infections - veterinary
/ Calicivirus, Feline - genetics
/ capsid
/ Cats
/ China
/ Diseases
/ Fever
/ gender
/ genes
/ Genomes
/ Identification and classification
/ Proteins
/ RNA
/ Software
/ Ulcers
/ Vaccines
/ Virology
/ viruses
