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Heterogeneity within the hemagglutinin genes of canine distemper virus (CDV) strains detected in Italy.
Veterinary microbiology - 10 Sept 2006
Martella V, Cirone F, Elia G, Lorusso E, Decaro N, Campolo M, Desario C, Lucente M S, Bellacicco A L, Blixenkrone-Møller M, Carmichael L E, Buonavoglia C
Abstract excerpt
Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a highly contagious viral pathogen causing lethal disease in dogs and other mammalians. A high degree of genetic variation is found between recent CDV strains and the old CDV isolates used in the vaccines and such genetic variation is regarded as a possible cause of the increasing number of CDV-related diseases in dogs. The H gene shows the greatest extent of genetic variation that...
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