Morbilliviral encephalitis in a striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba calf from Italy

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-251

  Di Guardo, Giovanni ^a   Cocumelli, Cristiano ^b   Scholl, Francesco ^b   Di Francesco, Cristina Esmeralda ^a   Speranza, Roberto ^a   Pennelli, Massimiliano ^a   Eleni, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dolphin morbillivirus; Encephalitis; Italy; Mediterranean Sea; Striped dolphin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; COASTAL ZONE; DOLPHIN; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION; STENELLA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ITALY; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; STENELLA;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BRUCELLA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; DOLPHIN MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79960240328     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02355     Document Type: Article

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