Dolphin morbillivirus epizootic resurgence, Mediterranean Sea

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 471-473

  Raga, Juan Antonio ^a,e   Banyard, Ashley ^b   Domingo, Mariano ^c   Corteyn, Mandy ^b   Van Bressem, Marie Françoise ^d   Fernández, Mercedes ^a   Aznar, Francisco Javier ^a   Barrett, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Museo de Delfines   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; DOLPHIN MORBILLIVIRUS; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 41349083574     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.071230     Document Type: Article

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