Characterization of Cetacean Morbillivirus in Humpback Whales, Brazil.

Authors :: de Amorim DB
de Camargo LJ
Ribeiro PR
Budaszewski RDF
Menegatt JCO
Paz MC
de Castro LT
Almeida PR
Olegário JC
Canal CW
Sonne L
Source :: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2024 Jun; Vol. 30 (6), pp. 1296-1298.
Publication Year :: 2024
Abstract: Cetacean morbillivirus is an etiologic agent associated with strandings of live and dead cetacean species occurring sporadically or as epizootics worldwide. We report 2 cases of cetacean morbillivirus in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Brazil and describe the anatomopathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular characterization findings in the specimens.