Genetic Diversity and Evolution of Viruses Infecting Felis catus: A Global Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Cats harbor many important viral pathogens, and the knowledge of their diversity has been greatly expanded thanks to increasingly popular molecular sequencing techniques. While the diversity is mostly described in numerous regionally defined studies, there lacks a global overview of the diversity for the majority of cat viruses, and therefore our understanding of the evolution and epidemiology of these viruses was generally inadequate. In this study, we analyzed 12,377 genetic sequences from 25 cat virus species and conducted comprehensive phylodynamic analyses. It revealed, for the first time, the global diversity for all cat viruses known to date, taking into account highly virulent strains and vaccine strains. From there, we further characterized and compared the geographic expansion pa

SUBMITTER: Le SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10301096 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature