| Issue |
BIO Web Conf.
Volume 229, 2026
The 3rd International Conference of Advanced Veterinary Science and Technologies for Sustainable Development (3rd ICAVESS 2025)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 01014 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Advancing Animal Health | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202622901014 | |
| Published online | 12 March 2026 | |
The emerging landscape of feline coronavirus type II in Asia: A review of molecular diversity and diagnostic challenges
1 Postgraduate student, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2 Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
* corresponding author: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a fatal systemic disease of cats caused by feline coronavirus (FCoV). FCoV is classified into two biotypes: feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) and feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV). In addition, FCoV comprises two serotypes, type I and type II, which are distinguished based on antigenic and genetic differences in the spike (S) protein. Globally, type I is more prevalent than type II. Despite the lower prevalence of type II, its distinct molecular characteristics, including recombination breakpoints within the S gene and variations in accessory genes such as 3c, indicate differences in viral evolution, cellular entry mechanisms, and replication efficiency.This review aims to summarize current knowledge on the molecular characteristics, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and diagnostic aspects of FIP type I and type II, with particular emphasis on data from Asian countries. The findings indicate that type I is the predominant serotype in Asia, whereas type II is detected at considerably lower frequencies.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2026
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.