title: Phocine distemper virus in northern sea otters in the Pacific Ocean, Alaska, USA.
abstract: Phocine distemper virus (PDV) has caused 2 epidemics in harbor seals in the Atlantic Ocean but had never been identified in any Pacific Ocean species. We found that northern sea otters in Alaska are infected with PDV, which has created a disease threat to several sympatric and decreasing Pacific marine mammals.
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. tgoldstein@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Jonna A K
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mazet
authors.forename: Verena A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Doroff
authors.forename: Kathy A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Burek
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004216:Distemper / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D018104:Distemper Virus, Phocine / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010041:Otters / Q000821:virology*; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral