In search of virus carriers of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus outbreaks in European harbour seals

Archives of Virology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 187-192

  Kreutzer, M ^a   Kreutzer, R ^a   Siebert, U ^b   Muller G ^a   Reijnders, P ^c   Brasseur, S ^c   Harkonen T ^d   Dietz, R ^e   Sonne, C ^e   Born, E W ^f   Baumgartner W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^f GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; MEASLES VIRUS; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHOCA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, PHOCINE; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA LUTREOLA; PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCA VITULINA VITULINA; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 38349186153     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-1070-6     Document Type: Article

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