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9682429

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
26
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
A questionnaire-based, retrospective case-control study of 174 Swedish cats was used to identify possible risk factors for feline Borna disease. The questionnaire consisted of 32 questions on a wide range of subjects, including lifestyle and possible modes of virus transmission. Two control groups were used: a healthy-control and a hospital-control. Variables with significant odds ratios in either the Borna disease:healthy-control or Borna disease:hospital-control comparison were included in multiple logistic regression analyses. Overall, the models suggested that feline Borna disease has a predominantly rural/woodland distribution, that affected cats were more likely to be males than females and intact than neutered, and that they were more likely than not to have hunted mice. The results indicate that, in contrast to other feline viral infections, Borna disease virus is not readily transmitted between cats. The natural reservoir of the virus is unknown. The fact that exposure to mice by hunting was a risk factor for the disease suggests that rodents may be subclinically infected and act as virus carriers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0042-4900
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
142
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
715-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Case control study of feline Borna disease in Sweden.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't