Fatal canine distemper infection in a pack of African wild dogs in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 245-252

  Goller, Katja V ^a,f   Fyumagwa, Robert D ^b   Nikolin, Veljko ^a,c   East, Marion L ^a   Kilewo, Morris ^d   Speck, Stephanie ^a   Müller, Thomas ^e   Matzke, Martina ^a,f   Wibbelt, Gudrun ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

African wild dog; Canine distemper virus; Co infection; Lycaon pictus; Morbillivirus; Serengeti

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOPROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CANINE DISTEMPER; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CELL INCLUSION; DOG; ECOSYSTEM; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDEMIC; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATOZOON; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SCREENING; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; TANZANIA; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; TANZANIA; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA SP.; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; HEPATOZOON; LYCAON PICTUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; RABIES VIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. RUMINATORUM;

EID: 78650305848     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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