title: Molecular identification of a recent type of canine distemper virus in Japan by restriction fragment length polymorphism.
abstract: Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis was used to differentiate recent field viruses of canine distemper virus (CDU) from vaccine strains. Virus genomes were amplified by using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in part of the haemagglutinin gene. After digestion with EcoRV, the PCR products of recent field isolates were cut into two fragments that differ from the uncut form of old strains including all of vaccine strains. This method could be applied to fresh or stored brains, spleens and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of infected dogs. This molecular approach is useful for determining the causative agent of postvaccinated CDV infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwatsuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D004216:Distemper / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004285:Dogs; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D014709:Vero Cells