Fatal systemic morbillivirus infection in bottlenose dolphin, Canary Islands, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-271

  Sierra, Eva ^a   Zucca, Daniele ^a   Arbelo, Manuel ^a   García Álvarez, Natalia ^a   Andrada, Marisa ^a   Déniz, Soraya ^a   Fernández, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CANARY ISLANDS; CETACEAN MORBILLIVIRUSES; MORBILLIVIRUS; SPAIN; VIRUSES;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84892577890     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2002.131463     Document Type: Article

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