Antarctic seals carry antibodies against seal herpesvirus
Weddell seals in the Antarctic had high neutralizing antibody titres to seal- and feline herpesvirus and none against phocine distemper virus. Crabeater seals were free of antibodies. This suggests an evolutionary wide spread of seal herpesvirus.
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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1992
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| Online Access: | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/3038/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.13622 |
| Summary: | Weddell seals in the Antarctic had high neutralizing antibody titres to seal- and feline herpesvirus and none against phocine distemper virus. Crabeater seals were free of antibodies. This suggests an evolutionary wide spread of seal herpesvirus. |
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