title: Molecular genetic evidence of a novel morbillivirus in a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephalus melas).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C., USA. taubenbe@afip.osd.mil
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Taubenberger
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Atkin
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Fanning
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Krafft
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Moeller
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kodsi
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mense
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Lipscomb
mesh_terms: 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*