title: Dolphin morbillivirus infection in a captive harbor seal (Phoca vitulina).
abstract: During the second morbillivirus epidemic (2007 to 2011) in cetaceans along the Italian coastline, dolphin morbillivirus (DMV) was detected by molecular analyses in a captive harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), with pathological findings consistent with morbillivirus infection. This report confirms interspecies DMV transmission from cetaceans to pinnipeds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, AGRIPOLIS, Legnaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzariol
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peletto
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mondin
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Centelleghe
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Guardo
authors.forename: Cristina Esmeralda
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Di Francesco
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casalone
authors.forename: Pier Luigi
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Acutis
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases; D000818:Animals; D004289:Dolphins; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018103:Morbillivirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D018185:Morbillivirus Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D046049:Phoca / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny