Phocine Distemper Virus in Seals, East Coast, United States, 2006
In 2006 and 2007, elevated numbers of deaths among seals, constituting an unusual mortality event, occurred off the coasts of Maine and Massachusetts, United States. We isolated a virus from seal tissue and confirmed it as phocine distemper virus (PDV). We compared the viral hemagglutinin, phosphopr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/2/10-0190_article |