Emergence of canine distemper in Bavarian wildlife associated with a specific amino acid exchange in the haemagglutinin protein

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-401

  Sekulin, Karin ^a   Hafner Marx, Angela ^b   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^a   Janik, Dirk ^c   Schmidt, Peter ^a   Nowotny, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Badger; Canine distemper virus; Genetic variation; Haemagglutinin; Red fox; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; TYROSINE; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BINDING SITE; CANINE DISTEMPER; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; FERRET; FOX; HEMAGGLUTININ GENE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPRING; SUMMER; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; DOGS; FEMALE; FOXES; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMANY; HEMAGGLUTININS; MALE; MUSTELIDAE;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; MUSTELA; VULPES;

EID: 79951956565     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.12.029     Document Type: Article

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