Mass die-Off of Caspian seals caused by canine distemper virus.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kennedy, S. ; Kuiken, T. ; Jepson, P. D. ; Deaville, R. ; Forsyth, M. ; Barrett, T. ; van de Bildt, M. W. ; Osterhaus, A. D. ; Eybatov, T. ; Duck, C. ; Kydyrmanov, A. ; Mitrofanov, I. ; Wilson, S.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Viral Cause Of Death Distemper Virus, Canine Phylogeny Seals, Earless
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 6(6):637-639.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:60b165d1a43a79027b73e548b1fe86825b5a123c86f22ae3007ff0fa1d4d499f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15046/cdc_15046_DS1.pdf
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