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Volume 11, Number 12—December 2005
Dispatch

Phocine Distemper Outbreak, the Netherlands, 2002

Jolianne M. Rijks*†‡, Marco W.G. Van de Bildt‡, Trine H. Jensen§, Joost D.W. Philippa‡, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus*†‡, and Thijs Kuiken*†‡Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Dutch Wildlife Health Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; †Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, the Netherlands; ‡Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; §Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark

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Figure 1

Spatial and temporal distribution of seal strandings in the Netherlands during the 2002 phocine distemper virus epidemic. A) Spatial distribution of seal strandings and proportion of seals necropsied at each location. The diameter of each pie chart corresponds to the number of seals stranded at a particular location. The names of the Wadden Sea islands have been abbreviated (Tx, Texel; V, Vlieland; Ts, Terschelling; A, Ameland; S, Schiermonnikoog; R, Rottumeroog and Rottumerplaat). B) Weekly str

Figure 1. Spatial and temporal distribution of seal strandings in the Netherlands during the 2002 phocine distemper virus epidemic. A) Spatial distribution of seal strandings and proportion of seals necropsied at each location. The diameter of each pie chart corresponds to the number of seals stranded at a particular location. The names of the Wadden Sea islands have been abbreviated (Tx, Texel; V, Vlieland; Ts, Terschelling; A, Ameland; S, Schiermonnikoog; R, Rottumeroog and Rottumerplaat). B) Weekly stranding rate of all stranded harbor seals and effect of age category on weekly stranding rate.

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