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SUBMITTER: de Carvalho OV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5485505 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Carvalho Otávio Valério OV Félix Daniele Mendes DM de Camargo Tozato Claudia C Fietto Juliana Lopes Rangel JLR de Almeida Márcia Rogéria MR Bressan Gustavo Costa GC Pena Lindomar José LJ Silva-Júnior Abelardo A
Virology journal 20170626 1
<h4>Background</h4>Canine distemper (CD) is a widespread infectious disease that can severely impact a variety of species in the order Carnivora, as well as non-carnivore species such as non-human primates. Despite large-scale vaccination campaigns, several fatal outbreaks have been reported in wild and domestic carnivore populations. This, in association with expansion of the disease host range and the development of vaccine-escape strains, has contributed to an increased demand for therapeutic ...[more]