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Genetic characterization of an isolate of canine distemper virus from a Tibetan Mastiff in China.
Virus genes - 1 Aug 2014
Li Weike, Li Tiansong, Liu Yuxiu, Gao Yuwei, Yang Songtao, Feng Na, Sun Heting, Wang Shengle, Wang Lei, Bu Zhigao, Xia Xianzhu
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Canine distemper (CD) is a highly contagious, often fatal, multisystemic, and incurable disease in dogs and other carnivores, which is caused by canine distemper virus (CDV). Although vaccines have been used as the principal means of controlling the disease, CD has been reported in vaccinated animals. The hemoagglutinin (H) protein is one of the most important antigens for inducing protective immunity against CD,...
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