Abstract
To determine which respiratory viruses circulate among confined dogs, we analyzed nasal and pharyngeal swab specimens from shelter dogs with acute respiratory disease. An unknown virus was isolated. Monoclonal antibody testing indicated that it was probably a pneumovirus. PCR and sequence analysis indicated that it was closely related to murine pneumovirus.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Animals
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Cell Line
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DNA, Viral / analysis
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DNA, Viral / genetics
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Disease Outbreaks
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Dog Diseases* / epidemiology
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Dog Diseases* / virology
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Dogs
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Fluorescent Antibody Technique
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Genes, Viral
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Nose / virology
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Pharynx / virology
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Pneumovirus / genetics
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Pneumovirus / isolation & purification*
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Pneumovirus Infections / complications
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Pneumovirus Infections / epidemiology
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Pneumovirus Infections / veterinary*
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Pneumovirus Infections / virology
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Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology
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Respiratory Tract Infections / etiology
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Respiratory Tract Infections / pathology
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Respiratory Tract Infections / veterinary*
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid