Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) in Another Big Cat: Should CDV Be Renamed Carnivore Distemper Virus?

ABSTRACT One of the greatest threats to the conservation of wild cat populations may be dogs or, at least, one of their viruses. Canine distemper virus (CDV), a single-stranded RNA virus in the Paramyxoviridae family and genus Morbillivirus, infects and causes disease in a variety of species, not ju...

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Main Authors: Karen A. Terio, Meggan E. Craft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013-11-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00702-13