Dolphin Morbillivirus Associated with a Mass Stranding of Sperm Whales, Italy
- MAZZARIOL, SANDRO
- CENTELLEGHE, CINZIA
- Provvido, Andrea Di
- Renzo, Ludovica Di
- Cardeti, Giusy
- Cersini, Antonella
- Fichi, Gianluca
- Petrella, Antonio
- Francesco, Cristina Esmeralda Di
- Mignone, Walter
- Casalone, Cristina
- Di Guardo, Giovanni
Publication date
January 2017
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Language
EnglishAbstract
In September 2014, 7 sperm whales stranded along the Adriatic Italian coastlines. Postmortem investigations on 3 dead females dead and in 1 fetus harbored by the largest one revealed molecular and immunoistochemical evidences of dolphin morbillivirus infection. A possible role of the virus in the stranding event was considered
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