Publications
| full genetic characterization and epidemiology of a novel amdoparvovirus in striped skunk (mephitis mephitis). | amdoparvovirus is a newly defined parvoviral genus that contains four species (carnivore amdoparvovirus 1-4), including the well-known aleutian mink disease virus (amdv). amdoparvoviruses cause an immune-associated and often lethal wasting syndrome in mustelidae and caninae hosts. in this study, we molecularly investigated amdoparvoviruses detected in 44 striped skunks (mephitis mephitis) found dead in and around vancouver, british columbia, canada. some of the animals exhibited pathological cha ... | 2017 | 28487558 |
| detection of aleutian mink disease virus dna and antiviral antibodies in american mink (neovison vison) 10 days postinoculation. | early detection of infection by the aleutian mink disease virus (amdv; carnivore amdoparvovirus 1) by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) or counterimmunoelectrophoresis (ciep) has important ramifications in virus eradication programs. a spleen homogenate containing a local isolate of amdv was injected intraperitoneally into black (n = 44) and sapphire (n = 12) american mink (neovison vison). animals were euthanized 10 days postinoculation and anti-amdv antibodies and amdv dna were tested in plasma ... | 2015 | 25862712 |