title: Canine distemper virus--a morbillivirus in search of new hosts?
abstract: Canine distemper morbillivirus (CDV) induces a multisystemic, often fatal disease in a wide and seemingly expanding host range among the Carnivora. Several genotypes of an otherwise monotypic virus species co-circulate in a geographically restricted pattern. Interspecies transmissions frequently occur, often leading to devastating epizootics in highly susceptible or immunologically naive populations.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Christian-Albrecht's University, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Harder
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Osterhaus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000940:Antigenic Variation; D004216:Distemper / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology