Emerging infectious diseases · 2007 · 192 citations · 14 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesVeterinary EpidemiologyInfectious Disease EpidemiologyMolecular VirologyVirologyAnimal Infectious DiseasesAnimal VirusesVeterinary VirologyViral EpidemiologyViral InfectionsVirus ClassificationAnimal Viral PathogenesisAnimal Virus ClassificationCanine Infectious DiseasesCanine ParvovirusesCanine VirologyCompanion Animal Viral DiseasesInfectious EnteritisMolecular Genetic Epidemiology
Canine parvovirus (CPV), which causes hemorrhagic enteritis in dogs, has 3 antigenic variants: types 2a, 2b, and 2c. Molecular method assessment of the distribution of the CPV variants in Europe showed that the new variant CPV-2c is widespread in Europe and that the viruses are distributed in different countries.
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