Papillomaviruses in Domestic Cats
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Date
2021-08-22
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MDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
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(c) 2021 The Author/s
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CC BY 4.0
Abstract
Papillomaviruses (PVs) are well established to cause hyperplastic papillomas (warts) in humans and animals. In addition, due to their ability to alter cell regulation, PVs are also recognized to cause approximately 5% of human cancers and these viruses have been associated with neoplasia in a number of animal species. In contrast to other domestic species, cats have traditionally been thought to less frequently develop disease due to PV infection. However, in the last 15 years, the number of viruses and the different lesions associated with PVs in cats have greatly expanded. In this review, the PV life cycle and the subsequent immune response is briefly discussed along with methods used to investigate a PV etiology of a lesion. The seven PV types that are currently known to infect cats are reviewed. The lesions that have been associated with PV infections in cats are then discussed and the review finishes with a brief discussion on the use of vaccines to prevent PV-induced disease in domestic cats.
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cancer, cats, felid, papillomavirus, review, skin, viral oncogenesis, Animals, Animals, Domestic, Cat Diseases, Cats, Papillomaviridae, Papillomavirus Infections
Citation
Munday JS, Thomson NA. (2021). Papillomaviruses in Domestic Cats.. Viruses. 13. 8. (pp. 1664-).