Canine coronavirus

Canine coronavirus
Canine coronavirus antigen (arrows) in canine lung tissue
Canine coronavirus antigen (arrows) in canine lung tissue
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Pisoniviricetes
Order: Nidovirales
Family: Coronaviridae
Genus: Alphacoronavirus
Subgenus: Tegacovirus
Species:
Alphacoronavirus 1
Virus:
Canine coronavirus
Strains[1]

Canine coronavirus (CCoV) is an enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus which is a member of the species Alphacoronavirus 1. It causes a highly contagious intestinal disease worldwide in dogs.[2] The infecting virus enters its host cell by binding to the APN receptor.[3] It was discovered in 1971 in Germany during an outbreak in sentry dogs.[2] The virus is a member of the genus Alphacoronavirus and subgenus Tegacovirus.[4]

  1. ^ "ICTV 9th Report (2011) Coronaviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b Pratelli A (2006). "Genetic evolution of canine coronavirus and recent advances in prophylaxis". Vet Res. 37 (2): 191–200. doi:10.1051/vetres:2005053. PMID 16472519.
  3. ^ Fehr AR, Perlman S (2015). "Coronaviruses: an overview of their replication and pathogenesis". In Maier HJ, Bickerton E, Britton P (eds.). Coronaviruses. Methods in Molecular Biology. Vol. 1282. Springer. pp. 1–23. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2438-7_1. ISBN 978-1-4939-2438-7. PMC 4369385. PMID 25720466. See Table 1.
  4. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Canine coronavirus)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 1 March 2020.