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Coronavirus-like particles, morphologically indistinguishable from coronavirus-like particles seen in human, canine, and simian feces, were detected by electron microscopy in the feces from both feline infectious peritonitis antibody-positive and antibody-negative cats.
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Hoshino, Y., Scott, F.W. Coronavirus-like particles in the feces of normal cats. Archives of Virology 63, 147–152 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320772
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