Miscellaneous Viral Infections
Chapter 19 Miscellaneous Viral Infections Hantaviral Infection Craig E. Greene and Bruno B. Chomel Etiology Hantaviruses are enveloped spherical RNA viruses in the family Bunyaviridae, which contains three other major…
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Influenza Virus Infections
Chapter 23 Influenza Virus Infections Thomas W. Vahlenkamp, Craig E. Greene and Katrin Hartmann Influenza viruses are in the family Orthomyxoviridae, negative-sense, single-stranded, segmented RNA viruses that infect a variety…
Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease
Chapter 6 Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Richard B. Ford Etiology Canine infectious respiratory disease (CIRD), also known by the common names including canine infectious tracheobronchitis, “kennel cough,” “canine cough,” “canine…
Enterovirus Infections
Chapter 22 Enterovirus Infections Craig E. Greene Picornaviridae, the family of the smallest RNA viruses, contains the genus Enterovirus. Species in this genus commonly infect humans and have classically been…
Canine Herpesvirus Infection
Chapter 5 Canine Herpesvirus Infection Craig E. Greene Etiology Canine herpesvirus (CHV) has a worldwide distribution, with biologic and pathogenic properties similar to those of α-herpesviruses affecting other species. α-Herpesviruses…
Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Chemotherapy
Chapter 2 Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Chemotherapy Katrin Hartmann Antivirals Clinical use of antiviral drugs is uncommon in veterinary medicine, and the number of controlled studies about the usefulness of these…
Poxvirus Infections
Chapter 17 Poxvirus Infections Craig E. Greene Etiology and Epidemiology The largest viruses are poxviruses with a linear double-stranded DNA that encodes for hundreds of polypeptides. There are eight genera…
Feline Foamy (Syncytium-Forming) Virus Infection
Chapter 15 Feline Foamy (Syncytium-Forming) Virus Infection Craig E. Greene and Martin Löchelt Etiology Feline foamy virus (FFV), previously known as “feline syncytium-forming virus,” is a retrovirus in the family…
Infectious Canine Hepatitis and Canine Acidophil Cell Hepatitis
Chapter 4 Infectious Canine Hepatitis and Canine Acidophil Cell Hepatitis Craig E. Greene Infectious Canine Hepatitis Etiology Infectious canine hepatitis (ICH), caused by canine adenovirus (CAV)-1, has worldwide serologic homogeneity,…
Feline Adenovirus Infection
Chapter 13 Feline Adenovirus Infection Frances A. Kennedy Clinically apparent disease caused by primary adenoviral infection is most common in immunologically compromised animals.1,2 In studies of cats in Hungary, Scotland,…
