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Analysis of antigenic differences between sixteen phocine distemper virus isolates and other morbilliviruses

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Monoclonal antibodies against a phocine morbillivirus isolate (PDV 2558/Han 88) were able to discriminate sixteen PDV isolates from any other morbillivirus species providing further evidence that PDV should be regarded a new species in the morbillivirus genus.

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    T. C. Harder, V. Moennig, I. Greiser-Wilke & B. Liess

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Harder, T.C., Moennig, V., Greiser-Wilke, I. et al. Analysis of antigenic differences between sixteen phocine distemper virus isolates and other morbilliviruses. Archives of Virology 118, 261–268 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314036

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