| herpes simplex-like infection in a bottlenose dolphin stranded in the canary islands. | a bottlenose dolphin, stranded in the canary islands in 2001 exhibited non-suppurative encephalitis. no molecular detection of cetacean morbillivirus (cemv) was found, but a herpesviral-specific band of 250 bp was detected in the lung and brain. the sequenced herpesviral pcr product was compared with genbank sequences, obtaining 98% homology (p-distance of 0.02) with human herpesvirus 1 (herpes simplex virus 1 or hsv-1). this is the first report of a herpes simplex-like infection in a stranded d ... | 2008 | 18828564 |