Canine distemper epizootic among red foxes, Italy, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2007-2009

  Martella, Vito ^a   Bianchi, Alessandro ^b   Bertoletti, Irene ^b   Pedrotti, Luca ^c   Gugiatti, Alessandro ^c   Catella, Alessia ^b   Cordioli, Paolo ^b   Lucente, Maria S ^a   Elia, Gabriella ^a   Buonavoglia, Canio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^c ERSAF Direzione Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FOX; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; ITALY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RED FOX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78649600267     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1612.100579     Document Type: Letter

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