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A highly virulent canine distemper virus strain isolated from vaccinated mink in China.
Virus genes - 1 Jun 2021
Liu Yuxiu, Liu Caihong, Ding Hangtian, Cao Yujiao, Sun Zhe, Wu Hongchao, Wang Lingxiao, He Wenxi, Huang Baicheng, Xi Xiangfeng, Tian Kegong
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of canine distemper in 2017 in mink breeding farms (Shandong province, China) caused severe pneumonia, hardened footpads, and death in more than 5000 vaccinated animals. Sequencing of the hemagglutinin and fusion protein genes from the WH2 canine distemper virus (CDV) strain we isolated from the infected minks were clustered into the recently isolated CDV Asia-1 genotype group. The WH2 strain was...
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