Morbillivirus neutralising antibodies in Scottish grey seals Halichoerus grypus: Assessing the effects of the 1988 and 2002 PDV epizootics

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 287, Issue , 2005, Pages 241-250

  Pomeroy, P P ^a   Hammond, J A ^a,c   Hall, A J ^a   Lonergan, M ^d   Duck, C D ^a   Smith, V J ^a   Thompson, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Epizootic; Grey seals; Morbillivirus; PDV; Phocine distemper virus; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPIDEMIC; PINNIPED; VIRAL DISEASE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; DISTEMPER VIRUS; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCIDAE; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS;

EID: 15944422564     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps287241     Document Type: Article

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