Comparative antibody response in harbour and grey seals naturally infected by a morbillivirus

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-349

  Duignan, Pádraig J ^a,b   Duffy, Noel ^c   Rima, Bert K ^c   Geraci, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; SEAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DISTEMPER VIRUS, PHOCINE; FEMALE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION ASSAY; SEALS, EARLESS;

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0030995880     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(96)05719-4     Document Type: Article

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