| phylogenetic analysis of marine mammal herpesviruses. | five novel dna-dependent dna polymerase (dpol) herpesviral sequences were generated using nested consensus polymerase chain reaction (pcr) in clinical samples from a harbor seal (phoca vitulina), bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus), orca (orcinus orca), california sea lion (zalophus californianus), and a phocid herpesvirus 2 (phhv-2) isolate from a harbor seal (used as positive control). these novel sequences and other representative herpesvirus sequences were included in bayesian and maximu ... | 2010 | 21055885 |
| herpesvirus in bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus): cultivation, epidemiology, and associated pathology. | we studied the pathology, epidemiology, and clinical significance of genital herpesvirus infection in a zoo collection of bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus). samples from the genital mucosa of male (n=21) and female (n=15) dolphins were tested by nested polymerase chain reaction (pcr) targeting the dna polymerase of herpesvirus. herpesvirus infection was significantly associated with the occurrence of mucosal plaques on penis (n=3) or vulva (n=4). biopsies from a penile plaque showed epith ... | 2009 | 19901366 |