Antibodies against orthopoxviruses in wild carnivores from Fennoscandia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 443-450

  Tryland, Morten ^a,b,c   Sandvik, Tore ^a,b   Arnemo, Jon M ^a   Stuve, Gudbrand ^a   Olsvik, Ørjan ^b   Traavik, Terje ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Carnivores; Competition enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Cowpox virus; ELISA; Lynx; Lynx lynx; Red fox; Rodents; Serosurvey; Ursus arctos; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOX; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NORWAY; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CARNIVORA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOXES; MALE; NORWAY; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; URSIDAE;

EID: 0032113964     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.3.443     Document Type: Article

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