Detection of musteleid herpesvirus-1 infected European badgers (Meles meles) in the British isles

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-102

  King, Donald P ^a   Mutukwa, Naledi ^a   Lesellier, Sandrine ^a   Cheeseman, Chris ^b   Chambers, Mark A ^a   Banks, Malcolm ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Herpesvirus; PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CARNIVORA; DNA, VIRAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; IMMUNOASSAY; IRELAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 3543050051     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-40.1.99     Document Type: Article

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