Cowpox viruses in Germany: An analysis of 5 cases in 1998;Kuhpockenviren in Deutschland: Eine Analyse von 5 Fällen aus dem Jahr 1998

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 334-338

  Pfeffer, Martin ^b   Burck, Gisela ^b   Meyer, Hermann ^a  

^a Institut für Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case report; Cats; Cowpox virus; Diagnosis; Horse; Orthopoxvirus; PCR; Restriction enzyme digest; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COWPOX; GERMANY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COWPOX; GERMANY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0033192985     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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