Dolphin morbillivirus infection in a captive harbor seal (phoca vitulina)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 708-711

  Mazzariol, Sandro ^a   Peletto, Simone ^b   Mondin, Alessandra ^a   Centelleghe, Cinzia ^a   Guardo, Giovanni Di ^c   Francesco, Cristina Esmeralda Di ^c   Casalone, Cristina ^b   Acutis, Pier Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BRONCHOINTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION; EMPHYSEMA; EPIDEMIC; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTRITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GLIA CELL; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY NECROSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NECROSIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; DOLPHINS; GENES, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; PHOCA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84873036097     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02710-12     Document Type: Article

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