Epizootiological investigations of canine distemper virus in free-ranging carnivores from Germany

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-292

  Frölich, Kai ^a   Czupalla, Oliver ^a   Haas, Ludwig ^b   Hentschke, Jochen ^c   Dedek, Justus ^d   Fickel, Jörns ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Lebensmittel   (Germany)

^d Landesveterinar L   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canine distemper virus; Free ranging carnivores; Germany; Sequence comparison; Seroepizootiology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FOX; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RACCOON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA; WILDLIFE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CARNIVORA; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; DOGS; FOXES; GERMANY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHYLOGENY; RACCOONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; DISTEMPER VIRUS; MARTES AMERICANA; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELINAE; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE; VULPES;

EID: 18144444394     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00192-9     Document Type: Article

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