Dolphin morbillivirus epizootic resurgence, Mediterranean Sea.
In July 2007, > 100 striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, were found dead along the coast of the Spanish Mediterranean. Of 10 dolphins tested, 7 were positive for a virus strain closely related to the dolphin morbillivirus that was isolated during a previous epizootic in 1990.
Raga
Juan-Antonio
JA
University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Banyard
Ashley
A
Domingo
Mariano
M
Corteyn
Mandy
M
Van Bressem
Marie-Françoise
MF
Fernández
Mercedes
M
Aznar
Francisco-Javier
FJ
Barrett
Thomas
T
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D018103:Morbillivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018185:Morbillivirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050706:Stenella / Q000821:virology*