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Molecular characterization of complete genome of a canine distemper virus associated with fatal infection in dogs in Gabon, Central Africa.
Virus research - 2 Mar 2018
Maganga Gael D, Labouba Ingrid, Ngoubangoye Barthélémy, Nkili-Meyong Andriniaina A, Obame Ondo Daniel, Leroy Eric M, Berthet Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
Canine distemper (CD) is the most deadly disease in dogs with mortality rates reaching 50%. The pathological agent, the CD virus (CDV), generally causes a severe systemic disease, although the nervous form can coexist with the acute catarrhal form in the same individual. In this study, we describe an outbreak of 18 cases of CD that occurred in 2015 in a German Shepherd dog population in northwestern Gabon. In...
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