title: Morbilliviruses in Mediterranean monk seals.
abstract: Two morbilliviruses were isolated from Mediterranean monk seals (Monachus monachus), one from a stranded animal in Greece and the other one from carcasses washed ashore during a mass die-off in Mauritania. From both viruses N and P gene fragments were sequenced and compared to those of other known morbilliviruses. The monk seal morbilliviruses most closely resembled previously identified cetacean morbilliviruses, indicating that interspecies transmission from cetaceans to pinnipeds has occurred.
authors.affiliation: Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre, Pieterburen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: van de Bildt
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Vedder
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Martina
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Sidi
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Jiddou
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ould Barham
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Androukaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Komnenou
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Niesters
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Osterhaus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry; D006115:Greece; D018103:Morbillivirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral