Kapil Sanjay, Yeary Teresa, Johnson Bill
Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Oklahoma State University, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Farm and Ridge Road, Stillwater, OK 74074, USA.
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2008 Jul;38(4):755-74, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2008.02.009.
In this article, the authors are specifically concerned with the timely and accurate detection of emerging diseases of small animals that are viral in origin. Veterinarians are bound to encounter emerging viruses in their practice. The problem is unavoidable, because viruses are highly mutagenic. Even the immune response dictates the nature of virus that evolves in a host. If the clinical signs and diagnostic methods fail to correlate, the veterinarian should work with the diagnostic laboratory to solve the diagnostic puzzle.
在本文中,作者特别关注对起源于病毒的小动物新发疾病的及时、准确检测。兽医在其执业过程中必然会遇到新发病毒。这个问题是不可避免的,因为病毒具有高度的致突变性。甚至免疫反应也决定了在宿主中进化的病毒的特性。如果临床症状和诊断方法不相关,兽医应与诊断实验室合作以解决诊断难题。