| genetic characterization of an isolate of canine distemper virus from a tibetan mastiff in china. | canine distemper (cd) is a highly contagious, often fatal, multisystemic, and incurable disease in dogs and other carnivores, which is caused by canine distemper virus (cdv). although vaccines have been used as the principal means of controlling the disease, cd has been reported in vaccinated animals. the hemoagglutinin (h) protein is one of the most important antigens for inducing protective immunity against cd, and antigenic variation of recent cdv strains may explain vaccination failure. in t ... | 2014 | 24691820 |