Herpes simplex-like infection in a bottlenose dolphin stranded in the Canary Islands.
A bottlenose dolphin, stranded in the Canary Islands in 2001 exhibited non-suppurative encephalitis. No molecular detection of cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) was found, but a herpesviral-specific band of 250 bp was detected in the lung and brain. The sequenced herpesviral PCR product was compared with GenBank sequences, obtaining 98% homology (p-distance of 0.02) with Human herpesvirus 1 (herpes simplex virus 1 or HSV-1). This is the first report of a herpes simplex-like infection in a stranded dolphin.
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Animal Health Research Centre (CISA-INIA), Ctra Algete a El Casar s/n, Madrid, Spain. fernando@sanidadanimal.info
Fernández
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Sánchez-Vizcaíno
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D000818:Animals; D050681:Bottle-Nosed Dolphin; D005843:Geography; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology