The isolation and partial characterization of a highly pathogenic herpesvirus from the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina).

This report describes the first isolation and partial characterization of a herpesvirus from the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). The virus was isolated during a disease outbreak in a group of young seals nursed in a seal orphanage in The Netherlands. Almost half of the seals died with symptoms of acut...

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Published in:Archives of Virology
Main Authors: Osterhaus, A.D.M.E. (Albert), Yang, H. (Hong), Spijkers, H.E.M. (Ine), Groen, J. (Jan), Teppema, J.S., Steenis, G. (Bert) van
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1985
Subjects:
0 (Antibodies
Viral)
60-29-7 (Ether
Ethyl)
Animals
Antibodies
Viral/analysis
Cells
Cultured
Cytopathogenic Effect
Viral
Ether
Ethyl/pharmacology
Heat
Herpesviridae/immunology/*isolation & purification/ultrastructure
Human
Microscopy
Electron
Neutralization Tests
Pinnipedia/*microbiology
Seals/*microbiology
Virus Replication
harbor seal
Phoca vitulina
Online Access:http://repub.eur.nl/pub/3300
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309828
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Summary:This report describes the first isolation and partial characterization of a herpesvirus from the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). The virus was isolated during a disease outbreak in a group of young seals nursed in a seal orphanage in The Netherlands. Almost half of the seals died with symptoms of acute pneumonia and focal hepatitis and the virus was isolated of organs of most of the dead animals. Seven out of ten seals of which paired serum samples were obtained showed seroconversion in a virus neut

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