Short-Finned Pilot Whale Strandings Associated with Pilot Whale Morbillivirus, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) causes illness and death in cetaceans worldwide; the CeMV strains circulating in the Southern Hemisphere are poorly known. We detected a pilot whale CeMV strain in 3 short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) stranded in Brazil during July-October 2020. Our results confirm this virus circulates in this species.

SUBMITTER: Costa-Silva S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9796215 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature