Morbilliviral infection in a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) from Taiwanese waters

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 69-76

  Yang, Wei Cheng ^a   Pang, Victor Fei ^a   Jeng, Chian Ren ^a   Chou, Lien Siang ^a   Chueh, Ling Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cetacean morbillivirus; Kogia breviceps; Pygmy sperm whale; Taiwanese waters

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KOGIA BREVICEPS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEASHORE; STOMACH; TAIWAN; VIRUS INFECTION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FATAL OUTCOME; GENES, VIRAL; MALE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; TAIWAN; WHALES;

CETACEA; DOLPHIN MORBILLIVIRUS; KOGIA BREVICEPS; PILOT WHALE MORBILLIVIRUS; RINDERPEST VIRUS;

EID: 33746316176     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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