Feline Infectious Peritonitis
"Feline Infectious Peritonitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Common coronavirus infection of cats caused by the feline infectious peritonitis virus (CORONAVIRUS, FELINE). The disease is characterized by a long incubation period, fever, depression, loss of appetite, wasting, and progressive abdominal enlargement. Infection of cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage appears to be essential in FIP pathogenesis.
| Descriptor ID |
D016766
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.782.600.550.200.360 C22.180.440
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| Concept/Terms |
Feline Infectious Peritonitis- Feline Infectious Peritonitis
- Infectious Peritonitis, Feline
- Feline Infectious Peritonitides
- Infectious Peritonitides, Feline
- Peritonitis, Feline Infectious
- Peritonitis, Infectious, Feline
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Feline Infectious Peritonitis" by people in Profiles.
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Murine coronavirus-induced subacute fatal peritonitis in C57BL/6 mice deficient in gamma interferon. J Virol. 1998 Nov; 72(11):9286-90.