Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dolphin morbillivirus infection in a captive harbor seal (Phoca vitulina).
- Journal:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Year:
- 2013
- Authors:
- Mazzariol, Sandro et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science · Italy
Abstract
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 morbillivirus infection. This report confirms interspecies DMV transmission from cetaceans to pinnipeds.
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