To demonstrate that pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus may cause respiratory disease in cats, we intratracheally infected cats. Diffuse alveolar damage developed. Seroconversion of sentinel cats indicated cat-to-cat virus transmission. Unlike in cats infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1), extrarespiratory lesions did not develop in cats infected with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus.

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doi.org/10.3201/eid1611.100845, hdl.handle.net/1765/21706
Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access)
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

van den Brand, J., Stittelaar, K., van Amerongen, G., van de Bildt, M., Leijten, L., Kuiken, T., & Osterhaus, A. (2010). Experimental pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection of cats. Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access), 16(11), 1745–1747. doi:10.3201/eid1611.100845