Arctic lineage-canine distemper virus as a cause of death in apennine wolves (Canis lupus) in Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Di Sabatino, Daria ^a   Lorusso, Alessio ^a   Di Francesco, Cristina E ^b   Gentile, Leonardo ^c   Di Pirro, Vincenza ^c   Bellacicco, Anna Lucia ^a   Giovannini, Armando ^a   Di Francesco, Gabriella ^a   Marruchella, Giuseppe ^a   Marsilio, Fulvio ^b   Savini, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^b Unit of Infectious Diseases Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Teramo ^*  (Italy)

^c Veterinary Services National Park of Abruzzi Lazio and Molise   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD150 ANTIGEN; HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CANINE DISTEMPER; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EASTERN EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; LUNG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WOLF; ANIMAL TISSUE; APENNINE WOLF; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS LUPUS; CARCASS; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC STRAIN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; VETERINARY CLINIC; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; EUROPE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AQUILA; CANIDAE; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; EUROPE; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WOLVES;

EID: 84901923422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082356     Document Type: Article

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