Date: January 22, 2019
Source: SAGE
Emerging
infectious diseases comprise a substantial fraction of important human
infections, with potentially devastating global health and economic impacts. A
2008 paper in Nature described the emergence of no fewer than 335
infectious diseases in the global human population between 1940 and 2004. In
the veterinary field, just as in the medical field, advanced molecular techniques
and sophisticated computer-based algorithms for genetic sequence assembly and
analysis have revolutionised infectious disease research. They have also raised
important questions, as the potential pathogenic role of novel viruses can be
difficult to determine.
What is
well understood is that novel viruses may contribute to diseases that are major
causes of feline morbidity and mortality, including cancer and chronic kidney
disease (CKD). A state-of-the-art review article published in the Journal
of Feline Medicine and Surgery this month focuses on two novel viruses
that have the potential to negatively impact feline health and welfare globally
-- gammaherpesvirus and morbillivirus. Writing for an international audience of
veterinary practitioners and feline researchers, an expert group of feline
virologists, clinicians and pathologists from Australia, New Zealand and the
USA, led by Dr Julia Beatty, of the University of Sydney, discusses aspects
related to virus discovery, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention
and zoonotic potential.
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