| Literature DB >> 11076723 |
S Kennedy1, T Kuiken, P D Jepson, R Deaville, M Forsyth, T Barrett, M W van de Bildt, A D Osterhaus, T Eybatov, C Duck, A Kydyrmanov, I Mitrofanov, S Wilson.
Abstract
Thousands of Caspian seals (Phoca caspica) died in the Caspian Sea from April to August 2000. Lesions characteristic of morbillivirus infection were found in tissue specimens from dead seals. Canine distemper virus infection was identified by serologic examination, reverse transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction, and sequencing of selected P gene fragments. These results implicate canine distemper virus infection as the primary cause of death.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11076723 PMCID: PMC2640919 DOI: 10.3201/eid0606.000613
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emerg Infect Dis ISSN: 1080-6040 Impact factor: 6.883