Short-Finned Pilot Whale Strandings Associated with Pilot Whale Morbillivirus, Brazil
- Samira Costa-Silva
- Carlos Sacristán
- Rodrigo M. Soares
- Vitor L. Carvalho
- Pedro V. Castilho
- Marta J. Cremer
- Ana Carolina Ewbank
- Arícia Duarte-Benvenuto
- Thalita Faita
- Pedro E. Navas-Suárez
- Jenyffer V. Vieira
- Letícia G. Pereira
- Carolina F. Alves
- Gabriela C. Souza
- Giulia G. Lemos
- Natália Silvestre-Perez
- José L. Catão-Dias
- Lara B. Keid
Publication date
January 2023
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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
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