title: Canine distemper spillover in domestic dogs from urban wildlife.
abstract: Canine distemper virus (CDV) causes a major disease of domestic dogs that develops as a serious systemic infection in unvaccinated or improperly vaccinated dogs. Domesticated dogs are the main reservoir of CDV, a multihost pathogen. This virus of the genus Morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae occurs in other carnivorous species including all members of the Canidae and Mustelidae families and in some members of the Procyonidae, Hyaenidae, Ursidae, and Viverridae families. Canine distemper also has been reported in the Felidae family and marine mammals. The spread and incidences of CDV epidemics in dogs and wildlife here and worldwide are increasing.
authors: Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Farm and Ridge Road, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. sanjay.kapil@okstate.edu
authors: Sanjay
authors: S
authors: Kapil
authors: Teresa J
authors: TJ
authors: Yeary
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000821:virology; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D004216:Distemper / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs; D005838:Genotype; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance / Q000662:veterinary*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary