Antarctic seals carry antibodies against seal herpesvirus

Arch Virol. 1992;123(3-4):421-4. doi: 10.1007/BF01317275.

Abstract

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

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antarctic Regions
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Distemper Virus, Canine / immunology
  • Herpesviridae / immunology
  • Herpesviridae / isolation & purification*
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Seals, Earless / immunology
  • Seals, Earless / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral