Skip to main content
. 2011 Oct 28;41(6):1133–1169. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2011.08.004

Table 1.

Frequency of cats exposed to or infected with FCoV in selected populations

Sample Tested Country Population Type Prevalence No. Positive/Total Diagnostic Method Breed Ref.
Serum Australia Multicat environment 44% 59/135 ELISA Many 185
Australia Single cat household 24% 33/140 ELISA Many 185
Australia Stray 0% 0/49 ELISA Not disclosed 185
Germany Multicat environment 69% 29/42 IFA Mixed-breed 68
Italy Multicat environment 82% 98/120 ELISA Not disclosed 155
Sweden <5 cats in the environment 29% a/129 IFA Many 186
Sweden ≥5 cats in the environment 71% a/24 IFA Many 186
Turkey Multicat environment 62% 18/29 VN Not disclosed 187
Turkey Single cat households 4% 3/71 VN Not disclosed 187
UK Multicat environment 28% 28/100 IFA Many 98
UK Single cat household 16% 14/88 IFA Many 98
UK Multicat environment 26% 432/1654 IFA Many 61
UK Multicat environment 84% 110/131 IFA Many 188
UK Stray 22% 111/506 IFA Many 189
USA, Florida Stray 18% 101/553 IFA Many 64
USA, California Single cat households 21% 7/33 IFA Not disclosed 60
USA, California Multicat environment 87% 94/108 IFA Not disclosed 60

Feces Germany Multicat environment 38% 16/42 Nested RT-PCR Mixed-breed 68
Malaysia Multicat environment 96% 23/24 RT-PCR Persian 190
Malaysia Multicat environment 70% 14/20 RT-PCR Mixed-breed 190
Sweden Multicat environment 80% 12/15 Nested PCR Persian 191
Sweden Single cat household 25% 24/98 Nested PCR Many 191

Blood Netherlands Multicat environment 5% 23/424 mRNA RT-PCR Many 170
Malaysia Multicat environment 15% 6/40 mRNA RT-PCR Many 169
Turkey Stray 45% 10/22 mRNA RT-PCR Many 168

Abbreviations: ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; IFA, immunofluorescent antibody assay; mRNA, messenger RNA; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; VN, virus neutralization assay.

a

Number of seropositives not provided.