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Persistent Infection in Harbor Seals Years after Phocine Distemper Virus Epizootics
Marco W.G. van de Bildt, Jolianne M. Rijks, Trine Hammer Jensen, Sophie M.J.M. Brasseur, Marja J.L. Kik, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus, Andrea Gröne, Thijs Kuiken, and Jooske IJzer
Author affiliation: Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M. van de Bildt, T. Kuiken); Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands (J. Rijks, M. Kik, J. IJzer); Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark (T. Hammer Jensen); Wageningen Marine Research, Den Helder, the Netherlands (S. Brasseur); Utrecht University, Utrecht (M. Kik, A. Gröne, J. IJzer); University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany (A. Osterhaus); Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands (T. Kuiken); Utrecht University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht (J. IJzer)
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Suggested citation for this article: van de Bildt MWG, Rijks JM, Jensen TH, Brasseur SMJM, Kik MJL, Osterhaus ADME, et al. Persistent infection in harbor seals years after phocine distemper virus epizootics. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Dec [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3112.250329
DOI: 10.3201/eid3112.250329
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