1. Dolphin Morbillivirus Associated with a Mass Stranding of Sperm Whales, Italy.
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Mazzariol S, Centelleghe C, Di Provvido A, Di Renzo L, Cardeti G, Cersini A, Fichi G, Petrella A, Di Francesco CE, Mignone W, Casalone C, and Di Guardo G
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- Animals, Antigens, Viral immunology, Female, Hemagglutinins, Viral genetics, Hydronephrosis pathology, Immunohistochemistry, Italy, Kidney pathology, Male, Morbillivirus immunology, Morbillivirus isolation & purification, Morbillivirus Infections pathology, Spleen pathology, Spleen virology, Genome, Viral, Hydronephrosis virology, Kidney virology, Morbillivirus genetics, Morbillivirus Infections virology, Sperm Whale virology
- Abstract
In September 2014, seven sperm whales were stranded along Italy's Adriatic coastline. Postmortem investigations on 3 female adult whales and 1 male fetus carried by the largest female revealed molecular and immunohistochemical evidence of dolphin morbillivirus infection. A possible role of the virus in the stranding event was considered.
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- 2017
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