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- Title
Dolphin Morbillivirus Associated with a Mass Stranding of Sperm Whales, Italy.
- Authors
Mazzariol, Sandro; Centelleghe, Cinzia; Di Provvido, Andrea; Di Renzo, Ludovica; Cardeti, Giusy; Cersini, Antonella; Fichi, Gianluca; Petrella, Antonio; Di Francesco, Cristina Esmeralda; Mignone, Walter; Casalone, Cristina; Di Guardo, Giovanni
- Abstract
In September 2014, seven sperm whales were stranded along Italy's Adriatic coastline. Postmortem investigations on 3 female adult whales and 1 male fetus carried by the largest female revealed molecular and immunohistochemical evidence of dolphin morbillivirus infection. A possible role of the virus in the stranding event was considered.
- Subjects
ITALY; MORBILLIVIRUSES; PARAMYXOVIRUSES; RINDERPEST virus; WHALES; ANIMAL diseases; DISEASES; ANIMAL experimentation; COMPARATIVE studies; GENOMES; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEYS; MAMMALS; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; SPLEEN; VIRAL antigens; EVALUATION research; RNA virus infections
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 1, p144
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2301.160239