In 1988, an outbreak of phocine distemper virus resulted in the deaths of many thousands of seals throughout European waters. (ukstrandings.org)
Tissue distribution of phocine herpesvirus - 1 (PhHV - 1) in infected harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from the central Californian coast and a comparison of diagnostic methods. (marinemammalcenter.org)
Diseases like phocine distemper virus, now present in eastern Arctic seals, may now «spill over» to western species because of the loss of ice, according to the review. (scientificamerican.com)