Dolphin Morbillivirus Infection in a Captive Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina).
During the second morbillivirus epidemic (2007 to 2011) in cetaceans along the Italian coastline, dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) was detected by molecular analyses in a captive harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), with pathological findings consistent with morbilli- virus infection. This report confirms inter...
Published in: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
Other Authors: | , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11577/2552302 https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02710-12 |
Summary: | During the second morbillivirus epidemic (2007 to 2011) in cetaceans along the Italian coastline, dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) was detected by molecular analyses in a captive harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), with pathological findings consistent with morbilli- virus infection. This report confirms interspecies DMV transmission from cetaceans to pinnipeds. |
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