Mink enteritis virus

Mink enteritis virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Monodnaviria
Kingdom: Shotokuvirae
Phylum: Cossaviricota
Class: Quintoviricetes
Order: Piccovirales
Family: Parvoviridae
Genus: Protoparvovirus
Species:
Carnivore protoparvovirus 1
Virus:
Mink enteritis virus

Mink enteritis virus (MEV) is a strain of Carnivore protoparvovirus 1[1] that infects mink and causes enteritis. Like all parvoviruses, it is a small (18–26 nm), spherical virus, and has a single-stranded DNA genome. The signs and symptoms of enteritis usually appear within 4–7 days after infection. The virus replicates in the cells of the crypt epithelium in the duodenum and jejunum and, to a lesser extent the ileum, colon and caecum. The severity of the disease is directly related to necrosis of the crypt epithelium.[2]

Virus enteritis of mink was recognized first in 1947 when epizootics occurred among ranch mink in southern Canada. The disease subsequently spread to the United States[3] and Europe.[4]

  1. ^ "ICTV 9th Report (2011) Parvoviridae" (html). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 9 January 2019. List of species in the genus Parvovirus Feline panleukopenia virus Mink enteritis virus Abashiri [D00765] (MEV) Species names are in italic script; names of isolates and strains are in roman script.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ Collier, Leslie; Balows, Albert; Sussman Max (1998) Topley and Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections ninth edition, Volume 1, Virology, volume editors: Mahy, Brian and Collier, Leslie. p. 268 Arnold. ISBN 0-340-66316-2
  3. ^ Reynolds HA (April 1969). "Some clinical and hematological features of virus enteritis of mink". Can. J. Comp. Med. 33 (2): 155–9. PMC 1319402. PMID 4238566.
  4. ^ Flagstad A (1977). "Feline panleukopaenia virus and mink enteritis virus. A serological study". Acta Vet. Scand. 18 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1186/BF03548459. PMC 8377650. PMID 66862. S2CID 231672110.