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

Authors :: Costa-Silva S
Sacristán C
Soares RM
Carvalho VL
Castilho PV
Cremer MJ
Ewbank AC
Duarte-Benvenuto A
Faita T
Navas-Suárez PE
Vieira JV
Pereira LG
Alves CF
Souza GC
Lemos GG
Silvestre-Perez N
Catão-Dias JL
Keid LB
Source :: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2023 Jan; Vol. 29 (1), pp. 214-217.
Publication Year :: 2023
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.

Subjects :: Animals
Brazil epidemiology
Whales, Pilot
Morbillivirus Infections diagnosis
Morbillivirus Infections veterinary
Morbillivirus genetics

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