Epizootic canine distemper virus infection among wild mammals

• Published in: Veterinary microbiology Vol. 154; no. 3; pp. 222 - 229
• Main Authors: Kameo, Yuki, Nagao, Yumiko, Nishio, Yohei, Shimoda, Hiroshi, Nakano, Hitoshi, Suzuki, Kazuo, Une, Yumi, Sato, Hiroshi, Shimojima, Masayuki, Maeda, Ken
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 27.01.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; antigen detection; badgers; Base Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; Canine distemper; Canine distemper virus; Canine morbillivirus; Cervus nippon; cities; death; Deer; Deer - virology; Distemper; Distemper - epidemiology; Distemper - virology; Distemper Virus, Canine; Distemper Virus, Canine - genetics; Distemper Virus, Canine - isolation & purification; Dogs; epidemiology; Female; foxes; Foxes - virology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genes; genetics; genotype; histidine; hosts; isolation & purification; Japan; Male; Mammals; Mammals - virology; Martes; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Molecular Sequence Data; Mustela; Mustelidae; Mustelidae - virology; Nyctereutes procyonoides; polyclonal antibodies; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Raccoon dog; Raccoon Dogs; Raccoon Dogs - virology; Raccoons; Raccoons - virology; sequence analysis; spring; Sus scrofa; Sus scrofa - virology; tyrosine; Virology; viruses; Wild boar; wild boars; Japan; Raccoon; Deer; Raccoon dog; Wild boar; Canine distemper; Canine distemper virus; Paramyxoviridae; Infection; Virus; Paramyxovirinae; Mononegavirales; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Swine; Viral disease; Morbillivirus; Artiodactyla; Veterinary; Ungulata

In the spring of 2007, seven raccoon dogs and a weasel were captured near the city of Tanabe in Wakayama prefecture, Japan. The causative agent of the animals’ death 1–2 days after capture was identified as canine distemper virus (CDV) by virus isolation, immunostaining with an anti-CDV polyclonal a...