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Antarctic seals carry antibodies against seal herpesvirus

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Weddell seals in the Antarctica had high neutralizing antibody titres to seal- and feline herpesvirus and none against phocine distemper virus. Crabeater seals were free of antibodies. This suggests an evolutionary wide spread of seal herpesvirus.

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  1. Institut of Virology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    O. Stenvers & H. Ludwig

  2. Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Federal Republic of Germany

    J. Plötz

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Stenvers, O., Plötz, J. & Ludwig, H. Antarctic seals carry antibodies against seal herpesvirus. Archives of Virology 123, 421–424 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317275

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