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SUBMITTER: Stokholm I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8548803 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stokholm Iben I Puryear Wendy W Sawatzki Kaitlin K Knudsen Steen Wilhelm SW Terkelsen Thilde T Becher Paul P Siebert Ursula U Olsen Morten Tange MT
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20211027 1961
Canine distemper virus (CDV) and phocine distemper virus (PDV) are major pathogens to terrestrial and marine mammals. Yet little is known about the timing and geographical origin of distemper viruses and to what extent it was influenced by environmental change and human activities. To address this, we (i) performed the first comprehensive time-calibrated phylogenetic analysis of the two distemper viruses, (ii) mapped distemper antibody and virus detection data from marine mammals collected betwe ...[more]