Immunohistological and serological investigation of morbillivirus infection in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the German Baltic and North Sea

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-25

  Muller G ^a   Siebert, U ^b   Wunschmann A ^a   Artelt, A ^a   Baumgartner W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canine distemper virus; Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena); Immunohistology; Morbillivirus; Porpoise morbillivirus; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CYTOTOXICITY; DOLPHIN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PORPOISES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; DISTEMPER VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; PORPOISE MORBILLIVIRUS;

EID: 0342699660     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00209-1     Document Type: Article

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