Seroepidemiological survey of morbillivirus infection in Kuril harbor seals (Phoca vitulina stejnegeri) of Hokkaido, Japan

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 109-117

  Fujii, Kei ^a   Sato, Hiroki ^b   Kakumoto, Chiharu ^c   Kobayashi, Mari ^d   Saito, Sachiko ^e   Kariya, Tatsuya ^e   Watanabe, Yukiko ^f   Sakoda, Yoshihiro ^g   Kai, Chieko ^b   Kida, Hiroshi ^g   Suzuki, Masatsugu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Eco Friends   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Institute for Raptor Biomedicine Japan   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canine distemper virus; Kuril harbor seal; Marine mammal; Morbillivirus; Phocine distemper virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHOCA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

AGING; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, PHOCINE; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; PHOCA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; MAMMALIA; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA STEJNEGERI; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS;

EID: 33846059961     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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