Abstract
Sera from seals infected during the 1988 European epizootic of phocine distemper virus and sera from Canadian seals collected since 1972 have been tested for the presence of antibodies to morbillivirus. Approximately one third of the Canadian sera have been shown to contain anti-morbillivirus antibodies; the possibility that these populations of seals provided a source of infection for European seals is discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 93-8 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | The Science of the total environment |
Volume | 115 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
Publication status | Published - 20 Apr 1992 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral
- Antigens, Viral
- Canada
- Distemper
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Europe
- Immunoblotting
- Seals, Earless
- Species Specificity