Prevalence of antibodies against canine distemper virus among red foxes in Luxembourg

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 856-859

  Damien, Benjamin C ^a   Martina, Byron E E ^b   Losch, Serge ^c   Mossong, Joël ^d   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^b   Muller, Claude P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Lab de Med Veterinaire de l'Etat   (Luxembourg)

^d LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Canine distemper virus; Red foxes; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOX; IMMUNOLOGY; LUXEMBOURG; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOXES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUXEMBOURG; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0038682072     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.4.856     Document Type: Article

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