Canine distemper virus in a crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) in Brazil: Case report and phylogenetic analyses

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 527-530

  Megid, Jane ^a   De Souza, Vanessa Aparecida Feijó ^a   Teixeira, Carlos Roberto ^a   Cortez, Adriana ^b   Amorin, Renée Laufer ^a   Heinemman, Marcos Bryan ^a   Cagnini, Didier Quevedo ^c   Richtzenhain, Leonardo José ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerdocyon thous; Clinical signs; Histopathology; Nervous system; Virus phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUSICYON THOUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DOG DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOX; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAZIL; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOXES; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 67649910797     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.527     Document Type: Article

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