Seroprevalence of Orthopox Virus Specific Antibodies in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the Federal State Brandenburg, Germany

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 348-353

  Müller, Thomas ^a   Henning, Klaus ^a   Kramer, Matthias ^b   Czerny, Claus Peter ^c   Meyer, Hermann ^d   Ziedler, Klaus ^e  

^a Inst F Epidemiologische Diagnostik   (Germany)

^b Institut für Epidemiologie   (Germany)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^e Staatliches Vet L   (Germany)

Author keywords

ELISA; Orthopox virus; Red fox; Seroepidemiology; Seroprevalence; Spatial distribution; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; ORTHOPOX VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; VULPES VULPES;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOX; GERMANY; IMMUNOLOGY; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOXES; GERMANY; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030118494     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.348     Document Type: Article

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