title: [Viruses of whales and dolphins].
abstract: DNA- and RNA-genome viruses of whales and dolphins belong to families Poxviridae, Herpesviridae, Adenoviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Togaviridae, Picornaviridae. Virological, serological and pathomorphological signs of infection have been registered in Odontoceti (bottle-nosed dolphin, Atlantic white-sided dolphin, striped dolphin, harbona porpoise, white-beaked dolphin, common dolphin, sperm whale, pilot whale, white whale) and Musticeti (sei whale, fin whale, gray whale, and bowheaded whale). A brief characteristic of diseases is presented. No relations of some viruses with pathologic states of Cetacea were found.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Birkun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004289:Dolphins / Q000821:virology*; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D014907:Whales / Q000821:virology*
vernacular_title: Virusy kitov i del'finov.