Prevalence and risk factors for Felis catus gammaherpesvirus 1 detection in domestic cats in Italy

Francesca Caringella; Costantina Desario; Eleonora Lorusso; Ivana Pallante; Tommaso Furlanello; Gianvito Lanave; Gabriella Elia; Vito Martella; Roberta Iatta; Vanessa R. Barrs; Julia Beatty; Canio Buonavoglia; Nicola Decaro

doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.108426

Prevalence and risk factors for Felis catus gammaherpesvirus 1 detection in domestic cats in Italy

Francesca Caringella
, Costantina Desario
, Eleonora Lorusso
, Ivana Pallante
, Tommaso Furlanello
, Gianvito Lanave
, Gabriella Elia
, Vito Martella
, Roberta Iatta
, Vanessa R. Barrs
, Julia Beatty
, Canio Buonavoglia
, Nicola Decaro^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Felis catus gammaherpesvirus 1 (FcaGHV1), a novel gammaherpesvirus of domestic cats identified in 2014, has been detected in different countries demonstrating a worldwide distribution. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of FcaGHV1 in Italy using a molecular epidemiological approach. FcaGHV1 DNA was detected with virus-specific real-time PCR in ≃1% of 2659 feline blood samples tested. Analysis of risk factors showed that being male and coinfection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) increase the likelihood of FcaGHV1 detection. One-third of FcaGHV1-positive cats also tested positive for FIV provirus, whereas coinfections with feline panleukopenia virus were not demonstrated. Further studies are necessary to confirm the risk factors for FcaGHV1 detection and the pathobiology of the virus.

Original language	English
Article number	108426
Journal	Veterinary Microbiology
Volume	238
Online published	22 Sept 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.108426
Publication status	Published - Nov 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Gammaherpesvirus
Molecular survey
Risk factors

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Caringella, F., Desario, C., Lorusso, E., Pallante, I., Furlanello, T., Lanave, G., Elia, G., Martella, V., Iatta, R., Barrs, V. R., Beatty, J., Buonavoglia, C., & Decaro, N. (2019). Prevalence and risk factors for Felis catus gammaherpesvirus 1 detection in domestic cats in Italy. Veterinary Microbiology, 238, Article 108426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.108426

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