In search of virus carriers of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus outbreaks in European harbour seals

European harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations decreased substantially during the phocine distemper virus (PDV) outbreaks of 1988 and 2002. Different hypotheses have stated that various seals and terrestrial carnivore species might be the source of infection. To further analyse these hypotheses,...

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Published in:	Archives of virology 2008, Vol.153 (1), p.187-192
Main Authors:	Kreutzer, M, Kreutzer, R, Siebert, U, Müller, G, Reijnders, P, Brasseur, S, Härkönen, T, Dietz, R, Sonne, C, Born, E. W, Baumgärtner, W
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Language:	eng
Subjects:	Animals antibodies Biological and medical sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Brief Report canine-distemper Disease Outbreaks - veterinary Disease Reservoirs - veterinary Disease Vectors Distemper - epidemiology Distemper - mortality Distemper - pathology Distemper Virus, Phocine - pathogenicity DNA Primers epizootiology Europe - epidemiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology gray seals Halichoerus grypus identification Infectious Diseases Medical Microbiology Microbiology Miscellaneous Morbillivirus Morbillivirus - classification Morbillivirus - pathogenicity morbillivirus infection Mustela lutreola Phoca - virology Phoca hispida Phoca vitulina Phocine distemper virus polar bears Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Ursus maritimus Virology vitulina waters whole-blood
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