Abstract
Dead and sick hedgehogs (Erinaceus europeus) were examined, together with apparently healthy individuals, and paramyxo virus of the morbilli group was isolated. One animal's symptoms were similar to those caused by canine distemper and the virus isolate from faecal suspensions from this animal were antigenically related in various degrees to measles, canine distemper, rinderpest and PPRV viruses. Isolates from normal hedgehogs were found to belong to the same group. The variability and host specificity of members of paramyxo morbilli group virus are discussed and the role of natural infections of wild communities is considered in relation to disease in domestic animals and man.
Full text
PDF
Images in this article
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Gibbs E. P., Taylor W. P., Lawman M. J., Bryant J. Classification of peste des petits ruminants virus as the fourth member of the genus Morbillivirus. Intervirology. 1979;11(5):268–274. doi: 10.1159/000149044. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- KITANO T., HARUNA I., WATANABE I. Purification and concentration of viruses by an organic solvent system. Virology. 1961 Dec;15:503–504. doi: 10.1016/0042-6822(61)90117-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Kurtzke J. F., Hyllested K. Multiple sclerosis: an epidemic disease in the Faeroes. Trans Am Neurol Assoc. 1975;100:213–215. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- NORRBY E. Hemagglutination by measles virus. 4. A simple procedure for production of high potency antigen for hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) tests. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1962 Dec;111:814–818. doi: 10.3181/00379727-111-27930. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Notermans S. L., Tijl W. F., Willems F. T., Slooff J. L. Experimentally induced subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in young dogs. Neurology. 1973 May;23(5):543–553. doi: 10.1212/wnl.23.5.543. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Sharova O. K., Rozina E. E., Shteinberg L. S., Gordienko N. M., Kolyanova I. S. Morphological characterisitcs of the pathological process in the central nervous system of monkeys infected with variants of measles virus strain L-16. Acta Virol. 1979 Sep;23(5):393–397. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]