The isolation of peste des petits ruminants virus from Northern India

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 207-216

  Nanda, Y P ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a   Purohit, A K ^a   Diallo, A ^b   Innui, K ^c   Sharma, R N ^a   Libeau, G ^b   Thevasagayam, J A ^c   Bruning A ^c   Kitching, R P ^c   Anderson, J ^c   Barrett, T ^c   Taylor, W P ^a  

^a Dept of Anim Husb and Dairying ^*  (India)

^b Ctr Coop Internationale en R   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Goat; India; Peste des petits ruminants virus; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE PLAGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDIA; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0030220320     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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