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Fatal Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza A Virus Infection in a Pennsylvania Domestic Cat
Author(s) -
Campagnolo E. R.,
Rankin J. T.,
Daverio S. A.,
Hunt E. A.,
Lute J. R.,
Tewari D.,
Acland H. M.,
Ostrowski S. R.,
Moll M. E.,
Urdaneta V. V.,
Ostroff S. M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
zoonoses and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1863-2378
pISSN - 1863-1959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01390.x
Subject(s) - pandemic , case fatality rate , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , influenza a virus , human mortality from h5n1 , virus , virology , veterinary medicine , covid-19 , environmental health , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , population , electrical engineering , engineering
Summary We report the earliest recognized fatality associated with laboratory‐confirmed pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza in a domestic cat in the United States. The 12‐year old, indoor cat died on 6 November 2009 after exposure to multiple family members who had been ill with influenza‐like illness during the peak period of the fall wave of pH1N1 in Pennsylvania during late October 2009. The clinical presentation, history, radiographic, laboratory and necropsy findings are presented to assist veterinary care providers in understanding the features of this disease in cats and the potential for transmission of infection to pets from infected humans.