Herpesvirus infection with severe lymphoid necrosis affecting a beaked whale stranded in the Canary Islands

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-264

  Arbelo, Manuel ^a   Sierra, Eva ^a   Esperón, Fernando ^b   Watanabe, Tatiane T N ^a,c   Bellière, Edwige N ^b   De Los Monteros, Antonio Espinosa ^a   Fernández, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b CISA   (Spain)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beaked whale; Herpes virus; Lymphoid system

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LESION; PATHOLOGY; VIRAL DISEASE; WHALE;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

CETACEA; HERPESVIRIDAE; ZIPHIIDAE; ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS;

ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENITIS; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; VIROLOGY; WHALE;

ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; NECROSIS; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; WHALES;

EID: 77953393638     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02208     Document Type: Article

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