Persistent Infection in Harbor Seals 12–13 Years after Phocine Distemper Virus Epizootics in 1988 and 2002, North Sea
Phocine distemper virus caused epizootics of fatal pneumonia in North Sea harbor seals in 1988 and 2002. Two seals that stranded years later were infected with defective phocine distemper virus variants that caused severe encephalomyelitis. Old seal encephalitis resembled subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in humans and old dog encephalitis in canines.
Authors
- Jooske IJzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0731-1015)
- Trine Hammer Jensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-5280)
- Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6074-1172)
- Jolianne M. Rijks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1168-9734)
- Sophie M. J. M. Brasseur
- Thijs Kuiken
- Marco W G van de Bildt
- Marja J L Kik
- Andrea Gröne
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3112.250329
- Primary Topic
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00