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Phocine Distemper Virus in Northern Sea Otters in the Pacific Ocean, Alaska, USA
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 6, Pp 925-927 (2009)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009.
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Abstract
- Phocine distemper virus (PDV) has caused 2 epidemics in harbor seals in the Atlantic Ocean but had never been identified in any Pacific Ocean species. We found that northern sea otters in Alaska are infected with PDV, which has created a disease threat to several sympatric and decreasing Pacific marine mammals.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.9a066c2f46f64ee79e75ee63f7767532
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.090056