A Canine Distemper Outbreak in Urban Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Brussels, Belgium, 2020

Paul Tavernier; Marco van de Bildt; Thijs Kuiken; Koen Van Den Berge; Hilde De Cock; Sanne Terryn; Ben Van der Wijden; Olivier Beck

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-23-00157

A Canine Distemper Outbreak in Urban Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Brussels, Belgium, 2020

Paul Tavernier^*
, Marco van de Bildt
, Thijs Kuiken
, Koen Van Den Berge
, Hilde De Cock
, Sanne Terryn
, Ben Van der Wijden
, Olivier Beck

^*Corresponding author for this work

Virology

WILDPAD
Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research
Brussels Environment

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Canine distemper has been observed infrequently in Belgian wildlife, mainly stone martens (Martes foina) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). This report describes an outbreak in the Brussels urban red fox population, characterized by its high density. The identified virus matched those within a cluster of viruses found previously in red foxes in Germany. Different canine distemper virus (CDV) strains, found in Belgian wild carnivores, share relationships with viruses found farther east. This and other reports indicate an endemic distribution of CDV in wild carnivores in Europe whereby the complex interplay of population density, group immunity, and infection of metapopulations determines the pattern of spatiotemporally alternating outbreaks.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	753-757
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Volume	60
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00157
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2024

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