Phocine distemper outbreak, The Netherlands, 2002.
During the 2002 phocine distemper epidemic, 2,284 seals, primarily harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), were found stranded along the Dutch coast. Stranding pattern varied with age, sex, state of decomposition, wind, and location. Cumulative proportion of deaths (54%) was comparable to that in the first reported epidemic in 1988.
Rijks
Jolianne M
JM
Dutch Wildlife Health Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Van de Bildt
Marco W G
MW
Jensen
Trine
T
Philippa
Joost D W
JD
Osterhaus
Albert D M E
AD
Kuiken
Thijs
T
D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004216:Distemper / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000821:virology; D018104:Distemper Virus, Phocine / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D046049:Phoca / Q000821:virology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013997:Time Factors