Dolphin morbillivirus infection in a captive harbor seal (Phoca vitulina).

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.

SUBMITTER: Mazzariol S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3553930 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature