Viral diseases

From Felipedia

There are many viruses which infect felidae, some of which cause overt clinical disease while others are asymptomatic.

The properties of viruses which affect cats are not unique and conform to viruses affecting most other mammalian species.

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Virus	Disease	Viral Group	Classification
Astrovirus	Diarrhoea	ssRNA	Astroviridae
Borna virus disease	Cat staggers	ssRNA	Borna virus
Calicivirus (FCV)	Cat Flu	ssRNA	Caliciviridae
Coronavirus (FCoV)	Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)	ssRNA	Coronaviridae
Foamy virus (FeFV)	Feline foamy virus disease (nee Feline syncytial virus)	ssRNA	Spumavirus
Herpes virus (FHV-1)	Cat Flu	dsDNA	Herpesviridae
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)	Cat AIDS	ssRNA	Lentivirus
Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV)	Feline leukemia	ssRNA	Retroviridae
Panleucopenia (Parvo) virus (FPV)	Feline Panleucopenia	ssDNA	Parvoviridae
Influenza virus (H5N1)	Flu-like symptoms, sudden death	ssRNA	Orthomyxoviridae
Polioencephalomyelitis virus	Non-suppurative meningoencephalomyelitis
Papillomavirus (FPV-1)	Papilloma	dsDNA	Papillomaviridae
Parapox virus	Cutaneous ecthyma	dsDNA	Poxviridae
Pox virus infection	Feline pox	dsDNA	Poxviridae
Pseudorabies	pseudorabies	dsDNA	Herpesviridae
Rotavirus infection	Diarrhoea	dsRNA	Reoviridae
Sarcoma virus (FeSV)	Feline sarcoma	ssRNA	Retroviridae
Spongiform encephalopathy virus (FSE)	Spongiform encephalopathy	FSE prion
Swine flu (H5N1)	'Swine flu'-like disease	ssRNA	Orthomyxoviridae
Rabies	Rabies	ssRNA	Rhabdoviridae

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See also: antiviral therapy