Molecular genetic evidence of a novel morbillivirus in a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephalus melas).
A long-finned pilot whale with morbilliviral disease was stranded in New Jersey. An immunohistochemical stain demonstrated morbilliviral antigen. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for morbillivirus P and N genes was positive. Novel sequences most closely related to, but distinct from, those of dolphin and porpoise morbilliviruses suggest that this virus may represent a third member of the cetacean morbillivirus group.
Taubenberger
J K
JK
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C., USA. taubenbe@afip.osd.mil
Tsai
M M
MM
Atkin
T J
TJ
Fanning
T G
TG
Krafft
A E
AE
Moeller
R B
RB
Kodsi
S E
SE
Mense
M G
MG
Lipscomb
T P
TP
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005814:Genes, Viral; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018103:Morbillivirus / Q000235:genetics*; D018185:Morbillivirus Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D014907:Whales / Q000821:virology*