Detection of phocine herpesvirus 1 in seals from populations in different environments : Nachweis von phocinem Herpesvirus 1 in Robben in unterschiedlichen Populationsgebieten

• Main Author: Roth, Swaantje Juliane
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Freie Universität Berlin 2012
• Subjects: Herpesviridae; seals; 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften630 Landwirtschaft630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche; Antarctic; Arctic; Nasen; Pacific; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarktis*; Arctocephalus gazella; Arktis; Arktis*; Crabeater Seals; Elephant Seals; harbor seal; Phoca groenlandica; Phoca vitulina; Southern Elephant Seals; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-4766; https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/564

Phocine herpesvirus 1 (PhHV-1) is a large double stranded DNA virus belonging to the family Herpesviridae, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, genus Varicellovirus. It was first isolated and partially characterized during a disease outbreak in young harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in the North Sea. The dise...