Morbillivirus infections in aquatic mammals: A brief overview

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-93

  Di Guardo, G ^a   Marruchella, G ^a   Agrimi, U ^a,b   Kennedy, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CETACEA; CETACEAN MORBILLIVIRUS; DOLPHIN MORBILLIVIRUS; MAMMALIA; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; PHOCOENIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PORPOISE MORBILLIVIRUS;

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CETACEA; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEASLES VIRUS; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEAL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; EUROPE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; NORTH AMERICA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 20544465699     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2005.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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