Dolphin morbillivirus epizootic resurgence, Mediterranean Sea.

ABSTRACT: In July 2007, > 100 striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, were found dead along the coast of the Spanish Mediterranean. Of 10 dolphins tested, 7 were positive for a virus strain closely related to the dolphin morbillivirus that was isolated during a previous epizootic in 1990.

SUBMITTER: Raga JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2570809 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature