| widespread neonatal infection with phocid herpesvirus 1 in free-ranging and stranded grey seals halichoerus grypus. | phocid herpesvirus 1 (phhv-1) is known to infect grey seals halichoerus grypus but little is known about its pathogenicity or true prevalence in this species. to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors associated with phv-1 infection, nasal swabs were collected from grey seal pups and yearlings on the isle of may, a well-studied grey seal breeding colony, and from stranded grey seal pups submitted to a rehabilitation centre. phhv-1 nucleic acids were detected in nasal swabs from 58% (52/9 ... | 2019 | 31019131 |
| herpesviruses including novel gammaherpesviruses are widespread among phocid seal species in canada. | little is known about herpesviruses in canadian pinnipeds. we measured prevalence of antibodies to herpesviruses in the sera from canadian phocid seals by an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. wild harbor seals (phoca vitulina) and captive harbor seals were positive for antibodies to phocid herpesvirus 1 (phohv-1) at prevalences of 91% and 100%, respectively. sera from wild hooded seals (cystophora cristata), harp seals (pagophilus groenlandica), and grey seals (halichoerus grypus) were ... | 2016 | 26555112 |
| characterization of phocid herpesvirus-1 and -2 as putative alpha- and gammaherpesviruses of north american and european pinnipeds. | to study the relationships between herpesvirus recently isolated from different pinniped species, antigenic and genetic analyses were performed. first, herpesviruses isolated from north american harbour seals (phoca vitulina), a californian sea lion (zalophus californianus) and a european grey seal (halichoerus grypus) were examined in an enzyme immunoassay (eia) with a panel of monoclonal antibodies which had previously been shown to allow typing of herpesviruses from european harbour seals int ... | 1996 | 8558126 |