[aristeides]

The coronavirus that causes feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) can survive on surfaces for weeks.

[riri]

Yikes. I wonder how long this virus truly can survive outside a host?!

I bought the big industrial sized Purell today. When the cashier went to put it on the bag, I said "Thanks, can I have that, I am going to carry it in my purse" She looked at me like, "Okaaaay"

[vetvetdoug]

This SARS is more and more looking like a human form of the FIPV. Everything that has been discovered about SARS is parallel to the FIPV disease in cats. This has been scary from day one. The differences in symptoms, the difficulty in diagnosing the virus, the persistance now discovered, the infectiousness from fecal droplets and respiratory droplets, the immune response in respect to the severity of disease, and the scarring of the lungs,(etcetra ad nauseum) are all parallels.