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Infection studies in mink with seal-derived morbillivirus

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Morbillivirus derived from diseased harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) has characteristics of acute virulent canine distemper virus infection in mink. The infection induced a disease resembling the acute systemic and nervous form of canine distemper.

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  1. Institute of Veterinary Virology and Immunology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülovsvej 13, DK-1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

    M. Blixenkrone-Møller & V. Svansson

  2. The State Veterinary Institute of Virus Research, Lindholm, Denmark

    P. Have, A. Bøtner & J. Nielsen

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Blixenkrone-Møller, M., Svansson, V., Have, P. et al. Infection studies in mink with seal-derived morbillivirus. Archives of Virology 106, 165–170 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01311049

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