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Recently morbilliviruses were isolated from harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in North West Europe (phocid distemper virus-1: PDV-1) and from Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica) in Siberia (phocid distemper virus-2:PDV-2) during outbreaks of severe disease which resembled distemper in dogs. PDV-1 and PDV-2 were passaged in SPF dogs, in which they caused distemper-like disease symptoms, and were subsequently passaged in Vero cells in which they caused cytopathic changes. PDV-1, PDV-2, and canine distemper virus (CDV) were compared with respect to their biological, morphological, physical, protein chemical, and antigenic properties. It was concluded that PDV-1 should be considered a newly recognized member of the genusMorbillivirus, whereas PDV-2 proved to be quite similar if not identical to CDV.
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Visser, I.K.G., Kumarev, V.P., Örvell, C. et al. Comparison of two morbilliviruses isolated from seals during outbreaks of distemper in North West Europe and Siberia. Archives of Virology 111, 149–164 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01311050
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