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Canine distemper virus--a morbillivirus in search of new hosts?
1Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Christian-Albrecht's University, Kiel, Germany.
Trends in Microbiology
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
Canine distemper morbillivirus (CDV) induces a multisystemic, often fatal disease in a wide and seemingly expanding host range among the Carnivora. Several genotypes of an otherwise monotypic virus species co-circulate in a geographically restricted pattern. Interspecies transmissions frequently occur, often leading to devastating epizootics in highly susceptible or immunologically naive populations.