| seal gammaherpesviruses: identification, characterisation and epidemiology. | phocid herpesvirus type 2 (phhv-2), tentatively classified as a gammaherpesvirus, has been isolated from european and american harbour seals (phoca vitulina). here we describe the isolation and the molecular as well as biological characterisation of different phhv-2 isolates from harbour seals and grey seals (halichoerus grypus). of 522 harbour seals and 231 grey seals that had been admitted to the seal research and rehabilitation centre in pieterburen, the netherlands, between 1992 and 2000, 38 ... | 2003 | 12837554 |
| global mammal parasite database version 2.0. | illuminating the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of parasites is one of the most pressing issues facing modern science, and is critical for basic science, the global economy, and human health. extremely important to this effort are data on the disease-causing organisms of wild animal hosts (including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, helminths, arthropods, and fungi). here we present an updated version of the global mammal parasite database, a database of the parasites of wild ungulates (artioda ... | 2017 | 28273333 |