Norovirus in captive lion cub (Panthera leo)

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1071-1073

  Martella, Vito ^a   Campolo, Marco ^a   Lorusso, Eleonora ^a   Cavicchio, Paolo ^b   Camero, Michele ^a   Bellacicco, Anna L ^a   Decaro, Nicola ^a   Elia, Gabriella ^a   Greco, Grazia ^a   Corrente, Marialaura ^a   Desario, Costantina ^a   Arista, Serenella ^c   Banyai, Krisztián ^d   Koopmans, Marion ^e   Buonavoglia, Canio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Giardino Zoologico di Pistoia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Baranya County Institute of State Public Health Service   (Hungary)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTHERA; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 34447289465     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1307.070268     Document Type: Article

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