A review of virus infections of cetaceans and the potential impact of morbilliviruses, poxviruses and papillomaviruses on host population dynamics

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-65

  Van Bressem, Marie Françoise ^a,b   Van Waerebeek, Koen ^a   Raga, Juan Antonio ^c  

^a Peruvian Ctr for Cetacean Research   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenoviridae; Caliciviridae; Cetaceans; Hepadnaviridae; Herpesviridae; Orthomyxoviridae Rhabdoviridae; Papovaviridae; Paramyxoviridae; Poxviridae; Viral diseases

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHOCOENA SPINIPINNIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEROTYPE; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

CETACEAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; VIRAL DISEASE;

DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBLIQUIDENS; PHOCOENA SPINIPINNIS;

EID: 0033547164     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao038053     Document Type: Article

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