Morbillivirus infection in stranded common dolphins from the pacific ocean

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 771-776

  Reidarson, Thomas H ^a   McBain, Jim ^a   House, Carol ^b   King, Donald P ^c,d   Stott, Jeffrey L ^c,d   Krafft, Amy ^e   Taubenberger, Jeffery K ^e   Heyning, John ^f   Lipscomb, Thomas P ^e  

^a Sea World of California   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delphinus delphis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Morbillivirus; Polymerase chain reaction; Rehabilitation; Virus neutralization

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; DOLPHIN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAIN; CALIFORNIA; DOLPHINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032175133     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.4.771     Document Type: Article

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