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Phylogenetic evidence of a new canine distemper virus lineage among domestic dogs in Colombia, South America.
Veterinary microbiology - 6 Aug 2014
Espinal Maria A, Díaz Francisco J, Ruiz-Saenz Julian
Abstract excerpt
Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a highly contagious viral disease of carnivores affecting both wild and domestic populations. The hemagglutinin gene, encoding for the attachment protein that determines viral tropism, shows high heterogeneity among strains, allowing for the distinction of ten different lineages distributed worldwide according to a geographic pattern. We obtained the sequences of the full-length H...
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