Seroepidemiological survey of distemper virus infection in the Caspian Sea and in Lake Baikal.
Forty Caspian seals were surveyed seroepidemiologically between 1993 and 1998 around the times of mass mortality that occurred in 1997 in the Caspian Sea and seven Baikal seals were also surveyed in 1998. Virus neutralizing tests and ELISA clearly suggested that distemper virus epidemic was caused in Caspian seals before the spring of 1997 and that CDV infection continued to occur in Lake Baikal in recent years.
Ohashi
K
K
Laboratory of Animal Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8634, Japan.
Miyazaki
N
N
Tanabe
S
S
Nakata
H
H
Miura
R
R
Fujita
K
K
Wakasa
C
C
Uema
M
M
Shiotani
M
M
Takahashi
E
E
Kai
C
C
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D018104:Distemper Virus, Phocine / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D018185:Morbillivirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000821:virology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral