First gammaherpesvirus detection in a free-living mediterranean bottlenose dolphin

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 922-925

  Lecis, Roberta ^a   Tocchetti, Marco ^a   Rotta, Andrea ^a   Naitana, Salvatore ^a   Ganges, Llilianne ^b   Pittau, Marco ^a   Alberti, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; DNA polymerase; Gammaherpesvirus; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CETACEAN MORBILLIVIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; FEMALE; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; GENETICS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84920121628     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2014-0019.1     Document Type: Article

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