Dolphin morbillivirus infection in different parts of the Mediterranean Sea

M F Van Bressem; I K Visser; R L De Swart; C Orvell; L Stanzani; E Androukaki; K Siakavara; A D Osterhaus

doi:10.1007/BF01316898

Dolphin morbillivirus infection in different parts of the Mediterranean Sea

Arch Virol. 1993;129(1-4):235-42. doi: 10.1007/BF01316898.

Authors

M F Van Bressem¹, I K Visser, R L De Swart, C Orvell, L Stanzani, E Androukaki, K Siakavara, A D Osterhaus

Affiliation

¹ Division of Virology, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 8470952
DOI: 10.1007/BF01316898

Abstract

Morbillivirus were isolated from Mediterranean striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) dying along the coasts of Italy and Greece in 1991. They were antigenically identical to the morbilliviruses isolated from striped dolphins in Spain in 1990.

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Viral / blood
Antigens, Viral / analysis
Cells, Cultured
Dolphins / microbiology*
Female
Male
Respirovirus Infections / microbiology
Respirovirus Infections / veterinary*
Vero Cells

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Antigens, Viral