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Nature 440, 741-742 (6 April 2006) | doi:10.1038/440741a; Published online 5 April 2006
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Feline friend or potential foe?
Thijs Kuiken1, Ron Fouchier1, Guus Rimmelzwaan1, Albert Osterhaus1 & Peter Roeder2
- Thijs Kuiken, Ron Fouchier, Guus Rimmelzwaan and Albert Osterhaus are in the Department of Virology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Peter Roeder is at the Animal Production and Health Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalia, Rome, Italy.
Abstract
What role do cats play in the epidemiology of H5N1 avian flu virus? We don't yet have all the answers, but it's time to consider new precautions, argue Thijs Kuiken, Albert Osterhaus, Peter Roeder and their colleagues.
There are increasing numbers of reports from Asia and Europe of domestic cats dying from avian influenza H5N1 virus. The available evidence, albeit incomplete, suggests that cats are more than collateral damage in avian flu's deadly global spread and may play a greater role in the epidemiology of the virus than previously thought.
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