Dolphin morbillivirus infection in a captive harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

Sandro Mazzariol; Simone Peletto; Alessandra Mondin; Cinzia Centelleghe; Giovanni Di Guardo; Cristina Esmeralda Di Francesco; Cristina Casalone; Pier Luigi Acutis

doi:10.1128/JCM.02710-12

Dolphin morbillivirus infection in a captive harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):708-11. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02710-12. Epub 2012 Dec 5.

Authors

Sandro Mazzariol¹, Simone Peletto, Alessandra Mondin, Cinzia Centelleghe, Giovanni Di Guardo, Cristina Esmeralda Di Francesco, Cristina Casalone, Pier Luigi Acutis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, AGRIPOLIS, Legnaro, Italy.

Abstract

During the second morbillivirus epidemic (2007 to 2011) in cetaceans along the Italian coastline, dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) was detected by molecular analyses in a captive harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), with pathological findings consistent with morbillivirus infection. This report confirms interspecies DMV transmission from cetaceans to pinnipeds.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animal Diseases
Animals
Dolphins
Genes, Viral
Molecular Sequence Data
Morbillivirus / classification
Morbillivirus / genetics*
Morbillivirus Infections / pathology
Morbillivirus Infections / veterinary*
Phoca / virology*
Phylogeny

Associated data

GENBANK/AB254456
GENBANK/AJ608288
GENBANK/AJ849636
GENBANK/EU716337
GENBANK/FJ842380
GENBANK/FJ842382
GENBANK/HF570930
GENBANK/HF570931
GENBANK/HF570932
GENBANK/HF570933
GENBANK/HF570934
GENBANK/HF570935
GENBANK/HF570936
GENBANK/HF570937
GENBANK/HF570938
GENBANK/HQ829972
GENBANK/HQ829973