Phocine distemper in German seals, 2002.
Approximately 21,700 seals died during a morbillivirus epidemic in northwestern Europe in 2002. Phocine distemper virus 1 was isolated from seals in German waters. The sequence of the P gene showed 97% identity with the Dutch virus isolated in 1988. There was 100% identity with the Dutch isolate from 2002 and a single nucleotide mismatch with the Danish isolate.
Müller
Gundi
G
School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany. Gundi.Mueller@tiho-hannover.de
Wohlsein
Peter
P
Beineke
Andreas
A
Haas
Ludwig
L
Greiser-Wilke
Irene
I
Siebert
Ursula
U
Fonfara
Sonja
S
Harder
Timm
T
Stede
Michael
M
Gruber
Achim D
AD
Baumgärtner
Wolfgang
W
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D004216:Distemper / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D018104:Distemper Virus, Phocine / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000821:virology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral