Evidence of alphaherpesvirus infections in Alaskan caribou and reindeer

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Evans, Alina L ^a,b   das Neves, Carlos G ^a   Finstad, Greg F ^c   Beckmen, Kimberlee B ^d   Skjerve, Eystein ^a   Nymo, Ingebjørg H ^a   Tryland, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribou; Epidemiology; Herd health; Herpesvirus infectious diseases; Rangifer; Reindeer; Wildlife medicine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINE HERPESVIRUS 1; CERVIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS GRANTI; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

AGING; ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REINDEER; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AGING; ALASKA; ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; ANIMALS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REINDEER; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84855745734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-5     Document Type: Article

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