Cetacean morbilliviruses are phylogenetically divergent.
We performed a phylogenetic comparison of porpoise morbillivirus (PMV) and dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) isolates from porpoises and dolphins respectively according to criteria adopted by the World Health Organization for the phylogenetic comparison of measles viruses. PMV and DMV were more divergent than the most distantly related measles virus strains, thus challenging the classification of PMV and DMV as two strains of a single species, cetacean morbillivirus.
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Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre, Pieterburen, The Netherlands.
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D000818:Animals; D004289:Dolphins / Q000821:virology*; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D018103:Morbillivirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D019576:Porpoises / Q000821:virology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral; D009698:Nucleoproteins; D014764:Viral Proteins