Epidemiology of a Phocine Distemper Virus Outbreak Along the North Atlantic Coast of the United States

• Main Authors: Siembieda, Jennifer L, Hall, Ailsa J, Gulland, Frances MD, Rowles, Teri, Garron, Mendy, Matassa, Keith, Rotstein, David S, Gonzalez, Selena, Northeast Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network, Johnson, Christine K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2017
• Subjects: morbillivirus; rehabilitation; phocine distemper virus; unusual mortality event; UME; seal/pinniped stranding; Zoology; Cape Ann; Cystophora cristata; North Atlantic; Phoca groenlandica; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7rt938f5

Due to an increase in pinniped strandings with consistent pathological findings throughout the North Atlantic coast of the United States during the summer and fall of 2006, an unusual mortal- ity event (UME) was declared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National M...