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. 2014 Sep 2;9(9):e106534. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106534

Figure 5. Hypothesis of emergence of type II FCoV.

Figure 5

Some cats persistently infected with type I FCoV are superinfected with type II CCoV which is excreted from dogs. Inside the cat body, type II FCoV emerges by homologous recombination and induces severe clinical disease, FIP. Diseased cats do not spread type II FCoV.

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