Frequent cross-species transmissions of foamy virus between domestic and wild felids.

ABSTRACT: Emerging viral outbreaks resulting from host switching is an area of continued scientific interest. Such events can result in disease epidemics or in some cases, clinically silent outcomes. These occurrences are likely relatively common and can serve as tools to better understand disease dynamics, and may result in changes in behavior, fecundity, and, ultimately survival of the host. Feline foamy virus (FFV) is a common retrovirus infecting domestic cats globally, which has also been documented in the North American puma (Puma concolor). The prevalent nature of FFV in domestic cats and its ability to infect wild felids, including puma, provides an ideal system to study cross-species transmission across trophic levels (positions in the food chain), and evolution of pathogens transmit

SUBMITTER: Kraberger S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6955097 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature