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SUBMITTER: Di Francesco CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9311857 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Di Francesco Cristina Esmeralda CE Smoglica Camilla C Di Pirro Vincenza V Cafini Federica F Gentile Leonardo L Marsilio Fulvio F
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20220718 14
In this paper, we report the first molecular detection of the canine distemper virus in the Marsican brown bear (<i>Ursus arctos marsicanus</i>). Three subadults and one adult were live-trapped and checked for the main viral pathogens responsible for infectious diseases in this species. The four bears were found to be negative for all investigated viruses except for one, which resulted in a positive outcome for CDV by means of RT-PCR targeting fragments of viral N and H genes. The sequence analy ...[more]