| seroepidemiological survey of morbillivirus infection in kuril harbor seals (phoca vitulina stejnegeri) of hokkaido, japan. | serological analysis was performed to detect morbillivirus infection in kuril harbor seals in hokkaido, japan. serum samples were collected from the seals at nosappu (231 sera), akkeshi (16), and erimo (75) between 1998 and 2005. antibodies to phocine distemper virus (pdv) were detected by elisa in seals from nosappu and erimo. antibodies to pdv were found in 56% (5/9) of the sampled seals from nosappu in 1998, versus only 5% (3/66) for 2003, 1% (1/79) for 2004, and 1% (1/77) for 2005. these sug ... | 2006 | 17201196 |