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National Laboratory for Health Security

A previously unknown coronavirus has killed thousands of cats in Cyprus, but should we be afraid of it in Hungary?

Tamara Szentiványi, a researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Botany of the HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, and the Invasion Biology Division of the National Laboratory for Health Security, commented on the FCoV-23 virus causing an epidemic among Cypriot cats.

This research was supported by the National Talent Programme of Hungary and the Prime Minister's Office (NTP-NFTÖ-21-B-0288), and by the National Laboratory for Health Security (RRF-2.3.1-21-2022-00006), Centre for Ecological Research, Budapest, Hungary.