Complete Genome Sequence of Phocine Distemper Virus Isolated from a Harbor Seal ( Phoca vitulina ) during the 1988 North Sea Epidemic

ABSTRACT Phocine distemper virus (PDV) was identified as the cause of a large morbillivirus outbreak among harbor seals in the North Sea in 1988. PDV is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae , genus Morbillivirus . Until now, no full-genome sequence of PDV has been available.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Genome Announcements
Main Authors: de Vries, Rory D., Verburgh, R. Joyce, van de Bildt, Marco W. G., Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E., de Swart, Rik L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
Subjects:
harbor seal
Phoca vitulina
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomea.00291-13
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/genomeA.00291-13
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Summary:ABSTRACT Phocine distemper virus (PDV) was identified as the cause of a large morbillivirus outbreak among harbor seals in the North Sea in 1988. PDV is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae , genus Morbillivirus . Until now, no full-genome sequence of PDV has been available.

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