Morbillivirus infection in free-ranging Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Southeastern United States: Seroepidemiologic and pathologic evidence of subclinical infection

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 160-166

  Bossart, Gregory D ^a,b   Reif, John S ^c   Schaefer, Adam M ^b   Goldstein, Juli ^b   Fair, Patricia A ^d   Saliki, Jeremiah T ^e  

^a GEORGIA AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Dolphin morbillivirus; Pathology; Porpoise morbillivirus; Serology; Subclinical infection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAMMALIAN DISEASE; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MALE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; DOLPHIN MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PORPOISE MORBILLIVIRUS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 77953121383     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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