Maazi Nadi, Jamshidi Shahram, Kayhani Payman, Momtaz Hassan
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahre Kord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahre Kord, Iran.
Iran J Microbiol. 2016 Oct;8(5):312-315.
and are the main causes of feline upper respiratory tract disease. This study was conducted to identify of FeHV-1, FCV and infections in domestic cat population and also to estimate the prevalence of each specific infection in Iran.
The ocular conjunctiva and oropharyngeal specimens obtained from 80 cats were examined using PCR and reverse transcription PCR.
FeHV-1 was detected in 23 (28.8%), FCV in 2 (2.5%) and in 16 (20%) cats. Twelve cats(15%) had co-infection with 2 or 3 of the mentioned pathogens. Ocular lesions were the most common clinical signs in the FeHV-1 and infections whereas respiratory lesions were more observed with the FCV infections. It seems that there is an age-related tendency in the infected cats, meaning that the age of the positive cats was less than those with FeHV-1 and FCV infections.
These results confirm the presence and show the prevalence of three major pathogens associated with upper respiratory tract disease for the first time in Iran.
[具体病毒名称1]和[具体病毒名称2]是猫上呼吸道疾病的主要病因。本研究旨在确定伊朗家猫群体中[具体病毒名称1]、猫杯状病毒（FCV）和[具体病毒名称3]的感染情况，并估计每种特定感染的患病率。
对从80只猫获取的眼结膜和口咽标本进行聚合酶链反应（PCR）和逆转录PCR检测。
在23只（28.8%）猫中检测到[具体病毒名称1]，2只（2.5%）猫中检测到FCV，16只（20%）猫中检测到[具体病毒名称3]。12只猫（15%）感染了上述2种或3种病原体。眼部病变是[具体病毒名称1]和[具体病毒名称3]感染最常见的临床症状，而呼吸道病变在FCV感染中更为常见。似乎感染猫存在与年龄相关的倾向，即[具体病毒名称3]阳性猫的年龄小于感染[具体病毒名称1]和FCV的猫。
这些结果首次证实了伊朗存在与上呼吸道疾病相关的三种主要病原体，并显示了其患病率。
