Short-Finned Pilot Whale Strandings Associated with Pilot Whale Morbillivirus, Brazil.

Authors :: Costa-Silva, Samira
Sacristán, Carlos
Soares, Rodrigo M.
Carvalho, Vitor L.
Castilho, Pedro V.
Cremer, Marta J.
Ewbank, Ana Carolina
Duarte-Benvenuto, Arícia
Faita, Thalita
Navas-Suárez, Pedro E.
Vieira, Jenyffer V.
Pereira, Letícia G.
Alves, Carolina F.
Souza, Gabriela C.
Lemos, Giulia G.
Silvestre-Perez, Natália
Catão-Dias, José L.
Keid, Lara B.
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jan2023, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p214-217, 4p, 1 Diagram
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) causes illness and death in cetaceans worldwide; the CeMV strains circulating in the Southern Hemisphere are poorly known. We detected a pilot whale CeMV strain in 3 short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) stranded in Brazil during July-October 2020. Our results confirm this virus circulates in this species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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