title: Antarctic seals carry antibodies against seal herpesvirus.
abstract: Weddell seals in the Antarctica had high neutralizing antibody titres to seal- and feline herpesvirus and none against phocine distemper virus. Crab-eater seals were free of antibodies. This suggests an evolutionary wide spread of seal herpesvirus.
authors.affiliation: Institut of Virology, Free University of Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stenvers
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plötz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ludwig
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000276:immunology; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral