title: Virology. Canine virus blamed in Caspian seal deaths.
abstract: Canine distemper virus has been identified as the most likely cause of a die-off of thousands of seals in the Caspian Sea earlier this year. Although the findings by two independent research groups allay fears of a threat to humans, they heighten concerns about the survival of the imperiled species.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D007623:Kazakhstan; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D018185:Morbillivirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000821:virology*