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Case Reports
. 2013 Jan;54(1):79-82.

Respiratory disease outbreak in a veterinary hospital associated with canine parainfluenza virus infection

J Scott Weese  1 , Jason Stull
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Respiratory disease outbreak in a veterinary hospital associated with canine parainfluenza virus infection

J Scott Weese et al. Can Vet J. 2013 Jan.

Abstract
in English, French

A cluster of canine parainfluenza virus infections was identified in a veterinary referral hospital. While hospital-associated outbreaks of canine parainfluenza virus infection have not been previously reported, veterinary hospitals possess some of the same risk factors that may be present in traditional high-risk sites such as kennels. Hospital-associated transmission of canine respiratory pathogens, therefore, must be considered.

Éclosion de maladies respiratoires dans une clinique vétérinaire associée à l’infection par le virus parainfluenza canin. Un groupe d’infections par le virus parainfluenza canin a été identifié dans une clinique vétérinaire spécialisée. Même si des éclosions d’infections par le virus parinfluenza canin n’ont pas été signalées antérieurement, les cliniques vétérinaires présentent certains des mêmes facteurs de risque qui peuvent être présents dans des lieux à risque traditionnellement élevé, comme les chenils. Par conséquent, il est nécessaire de considérer comme possible la transmission d’agents pathogènes respiratoires canins associée aux cliniques.(Traduit par Isabelle Vallières).

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