First identification of canine distemper virus in hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus): Pathologic aspects and virus phylogeny

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 303-305

  Megid, Jane ^a   Teixeira, Carlos Roberto ^a   Amorin, Renee Laufer ^a   Cortez, Adriana ^b   Heinemann, Marcos Bryan ^c   De Paula Antunes, João Marcelo Azevedo ^a   Da Costa, Luciana Fachini ^a   Fornazarl, Felipe ^a   Cipriano, Joseane Regina Bosso ^a   Cremasco, Arita ^b   Rlchtzenhaln, 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

Canine distemper virus; Lycalopex vetulus; Noary fox; Phylogeny; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; PSEUDALOPEX VETULUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANINE DISTEMPER; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FOX; GENE AMPLIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAZIL; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; FOXES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77449099617     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.303     Document Type: Article

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