Phocine distemper outbreak, The Netherlands, 2002

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1945-1948

  Rijks, Jolianne M ^a,b,c   Van De Bildt, Marco W G ^c   Jensen, Trine ^d   Philippa, Joost D W ^c   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^a,b,c   Kuiken, Thijs ^a,b,c  

^a Dutch Wildlife Health Center   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCINE DISTEMPER; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; SEX; STRANDING; VIRUS INFECTION; WIND;

EID: 33644820805     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1112.050596     Document Type: Article

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