Quantitative analysis of the 2002 phocine distemper epidemic in the Netherlands

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 516-530

  Rijks, J M ^a,b   Read, F L ^a,c   Van De Bildt, M W G ^a,c   Van Bolhuis, H G ^a,b   Martina, B E E ^a,c   Wagenaar, J A ^b   Van Der Meulen, K ^c   Osterhaus, A D M E ^a   Kuiken, T ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age related lesions; Coinfections; Emphysema; Harbor seals (phoca vitulina); Pathology; Phocine distemper virus; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCINE DISTEMPER VIRUS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEASLES VIRUS; NETHERLANDS; PHOCA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, PHOCINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NETHERLANDS; PHOCA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 54749119753     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-4-516     Document Type: Article

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