The role of canine distemper virus and persistent organic pollutants in mortality patterns of Caspian SEALS (Pusa caspica)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Wilson, Susan C ^a   Eybatov, Tariel M ^b   Amano, Masao ^c   Jepson, Paul D ^d   Goodman, Simon J ^e  

^a Tara Seal Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; VIRUS RNA; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; AZERBAIJAN; BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL LEVEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHING; GROWTH CURVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MOLTING; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PUSA CASPICA; SEAL; SEX; SPRING; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMETRY; BODY BURDEN; CANINE DISTEMPER; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHOCIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY BURDEN; BODY CONSTITUTION; DISTEMPER; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEALS, EARLESS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903755734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099265     Document Type: Article

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