Neutralizing antibodies to Phocine Distemper Virus in Atlantic Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) from Arctic Canada
| Autor: | J. R. Geraci, James A. House, David J. St. Aubin, Pádraig J. Duignan, Jeremiah T. Saliki |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Ecology biology Arctic Regions Canine distemper Antibodies Viral biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology Rinderpest Measles Northwest Territories Phocine distemper virus Morbillivirus Arctic Neutralization Tests medicine Animals Enzootic Walruses Vero Cells Distemper Virus Phocine Morbillivirus Infections Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Epizootic |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 30:90-94 |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| Popis: | The first evidence of phocine distemper virus (PDV) infection in Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) from Nottingham Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, is reported. Blood samples were collected from three male walruses killed by Inuit hunters in the fall of 1990. Differential virus neutralization test for each animal yielded higher titers against PDV than against other members of the Morbillivirus genus including canine distemper, peste des petits ruminants, rinderpest and measles viruses. Thus, PDV infection may be enzootic in walruses of the eastern Canadian Arctic. |
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