Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2024)

Feline Panleukopenia Virus in a Marsican Brown Bear and Crested Porcupine, Italy, 2022–2023

  • Georgia Diakoudi,
  • Gianvito Lanave,
  • Shadia Berjaoui,
  • Costantina Desario,
  • Giovanni Di Teodoro,
  • Violetta Iris Vasinioti,
  • Francesco Pellegrini,
  • Sabrina V.P. Defourny,
  • Stefania Salucci,
  • Antonio Cocco,
  • Alessio Lorusso,
  • Vito Martella,
  • Nicola Decaro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3012.240505
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 12
pp. 2655 – 2659

Abstract

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The virus species Protoparvovirus carnivoran 1 encompasses pathogens that infect both domestic and wild carnivores, including feline panleukopenia virus. We identified and characterized feline panleukopenia virus strains in a Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) and a crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) in Italy, extending the known host range of this virus.

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