Virus isolation and molecular characterization of canine distemper virus by RT-PCR from a mature dog with multifocal encephalomyelit Isolamento e caracterização molecular do vírus da cinomose canina por RT-PCR a partir de um cão adulto com encefalomielite multifocal

A case of multifocal distemper encephalomyelitis in a mature dog is described. In the presented case the ante mortem clinical diagnosis of canine distemper virus (CDV) infection could not be ideally performed due to the absence of typical signs of distemper, such as myoclonus and systemic signs acco...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Mendes Amude, Glei dos Anjos Carvalho, Amauri Alcindo Alfieri, Alice Fernandes Alfieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2007-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
dog
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822007000200031