title: Phocine distemper in German seals, 2002.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany. Gundi.Mueller@tiho-hannover.de
authors.forename: Gundi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wohlsein
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beineke
authors.forename: Ludwig
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Greiser-Wilke
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Siebert
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fonfara
authors.forename: Timm
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harder
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stede
authors.forename: Achim D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baumgärtner
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral