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Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of the attachment glycoprotein of phocine distemper viruses of the 2002 and 1988 epizootics.
Virus research - 1 Sept 2009
Nielsen Line, Arctander Peter, Jensen Trine H, Dietz Hans-Henrik, Hammer Anne S, Banyard Ashley C, Barrett Thomas, Blixenkrone-Møller Merete
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the possible origin and spread of the dramatic re-emergent 2002 distemper epizootic observed among seals in Danish Waters, we have sequenced wild-type genes of the attachment (H) glycoproteins of viruses from both the 2002 and 1988 epizootics. Phylogenetic analysis of the H genes of phocine distemper virus (PDV) together with other morbilliviruses, suggests that the re-emergent 2002 PDV is more...
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