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morbillivirus infections in aquatic mammals.morbillivirus infections which were not documented in aquatic mammals until 1988, have caused at least five epizootics in these species during the last 10 years. affected populations include european harbour seals (phoca vitulina) and grey seals (halichoerus grypus) in 1998, baikal seals (phoca siberica) in siberia from 1987-1988, striped dolphins (stenella coeruleoalba) in the mediterranean sea from 1990-1992 and bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) along the eastern coast of the united sta ...19989807724
changes in epizoic crustacean infestations during cetacean die-offs: the mass mortality of mediterranean striped dolphins stenella coeruleoalba revisited.in the summer and autumn of 1990, a cetacean morbillivirus caused a massive epizootic mortality of striped dolphins stenella coeruleoalba in the western mediterranean. previous circumstantial evidence suggested that the disease could also have increased host susceptibility to infestations with epizoic crustaceans. in this study we provide strong evidence supporting this hypothesis. we examined striped dolphins stranded along the mediterranean central coast of spain from 1981 to 2004 (n = 136), a ...200516408840
presence of herpesvirus in striped dolphins stranded during the cetacean morbillivirus epizootic along the mediterranean spanish coast in 2007.a screening for herpesvirus (hv) was carried out using a tissue bank obtained from the cetacean morbillivirus (cemv) mortality episode that occurred along the mediterranean spanish coast in 2007. a total of 14 cetaceans, including six long-finned pilot whales and eight striped dolphins, were studied using histopathology and molecular analysis to detect hv and cemv. in five of the eight dolphins (62.5%) infected with cemv, eight novel hv sequences were also detected. no hv lesions were found in a ...201020495987
host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals.the majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, hiv, ebola and sars). understanding patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and determinants of successful cross-species transmission, or spillover, are therefore key goals for pandemic surveillance programs. however, few analytical tools exist to identify which host species are likely to harbour the next human virus, or which viruses can cross species ...201728636590
simultaneous diagnosis of cetacean morbillivirus infection in dolphins stranded in the spanish mediterranean sea in 2011 using a novel universal probe library (upl) rt-pcr assay.a highly sensitive and specific real-time (rt) rt-pcr assay has been developed for rapid, simultaneous detection of three strains of cetacean morbillivirus (cemv). in this assay, two pcr primers and a hydrolysis probe from a commercially available universal probe library (upl) are used to amplify a highly conserved region within the fusion protein gene. rt-pcr is carried out on the same sample using two primer sets in parallel: one set detects the more virulent strains, dolphin morbillivirus (dm ...201323380457
unusual striped dolphin mass mortality episode related to cetacean morbillivirus in the spanish mediterranean sea.in the last 20 years, cetacean morbillivirus (cemv) has been responsible for many die-offs in marine mammals worldwide, as clearly exemplified by the two dolphin morbillivirus (dmv) epizootics of 1990-1992 and 2006-2008, which affected mediterranean striped dolphins (stenella coeruleoalba). between march and april 2011, the number of strandings on the valencian community coast (e spain) increased.201323702190
first gammaherpesvirus detection in a free-living mediterranean bottlenose dolphin.recently, herpes viruses have been detected in different cetacean species from the atlantic and in mediterranean striped dolphins (stenella coeruleoalba). while pathogens such as cetacean morbillivirus have been widely studied following recent epizootics, herpesvirus (hv) distribution and pathogenic effects in cetaceans are still understudied. this study reports the first molecular identification of a gammaherpesvirus in the genital mucosa of a free-living mediterranean bottlenose dolphin (tursi ...201425632684
cetacean morbillivirus-associated pathology: knowns and unknowns.the present minireview deals with the pathology of cetacean morbillivirus (cemv) infection in free-ranging cetaceans. in this respect, while "classical" cemv-associated lesions were observed in the lung, brain, and lymphoid tissues from striped dolphins (stenella coeruleoalba) and pilot whales (globicephala melas) which were victims of the 1990-1992 and 2006-2008 epidemics in the western mediterranean, an apparent reduction in cemv neurovirulence, along with a different viral antigen's tissue an ...201626903991
new insight into dolphin morbillivirus phylogeny and epidemiology in the northeast atlantic: opportunistic study in cetaceans stranded along the portuguese and galician coasts.screening atlantic cetacean populations for cetacean morbillivirus (cemv) is essential to understand the epidemiology of the disease. in europe, portugal and spain have the highest cetacean stranding rates, mostly due to the vast extension of coastline. morbillivirus infection has been associated with high morbidity and mortality in cetaceans, especially in outbreaks reported in the mediterranean sea. however, scarce information is available regarding this disease in cetaceans from the north-eas ...201627566667
cetacean morbillivirus in odontocetes stranded along the central california coast, usa, 2000-15.effects of cetacean morbillivirus (cemv) on dolphins vary from causing epidemics to subclinical infections. the former have been documented in the north atlantic ocean and mediterranean sea but not in the north pacific ocean, and the reasons for this are unknown. to explore the distribution of this virus in areas that have not experienced epidemics, we reviewed evidence for morbilliviral infection in odontocetes stranded along the california coast, us from 2000-15. nine of 212 animals examined h ...201728122193
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