Mass die-off of Caspian seals caused by canine distemper virus

S  Kennedy; T  Kuiken; P D  Jepson; R  Deaville; M  Forsyth; T  Barrett; M W G  van de Bildt; A D M E  Osterhaus; T  Eybatov; C  Duck; A  Kydyrmanov; I  Mitrofanov; S  Wilson

Mass die-off of Caspian seals caused by canine distemper virus

S Kennedy, T Kuiken, P D Jepson, R Deaville, M Forsyth, T Barrett, M W G van de Bildt, A D M E Osterhaus, T Eybatov, C Duck, A Kydyrmanov, I Mitrofanov, S Wilson

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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 vi rus 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	637-639
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	6
Publication status	Published - Nov 2000

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Mass die-off of Caspian seals caused by canine distemper virus

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