Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2007)
Norovirus in Captive Lion Cub (Panthera leo)
Abstract
African lions (Panthera leo) are susceptible to viral diseases of domestic carnivores, including feline calicivirus infection. We report the identification of a novel enteric calicivirus, genetically related to human noroviruses of genogroup IV, in a lion cub that died of severe hemorrhagic enteritis.
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