Morbillivirus infection in a bottlenosed dolphin and a Mediterranean monk seal from the Atlantic coast of West Africa

Veterinary Record

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 210-211

  Van De Bildt, M W G ^a   Martina, B E E ^a   Sidi, B A ^b   Osterhaus, A D M E ^a,c  

^a Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^b Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches   (Mauritania)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONACHUS MONACHUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLASSIFICATION; DOLPHIN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAURITANIA; MEASLES VIRUS; MORTALITY; PHOCA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOLPHINS; MAURITANIA; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 0035901184     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.7.210     Document Type: Article

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