title: First Gammaherpesvirus detection in a free-living Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin.
abstract: Recently, herpes viruses have been detected in different cetacean species from the Atlantic and in Mediterranean striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba). While pathogens such as cetacean morbillivirus have been widely studied following recent epizootics, herpesvirus (HV) distribution and pathogenic effects in cetaceans are still understudied. This study reports the first molecular identification of a Gammaherpesvirus in the genital mucosa of a free-living Mediterranean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) stranded off the coast of central Italy. Sequenced herpesviral PCR product was closely related to other HVs recently isolated in the genital mucosa of various cetacean species.
authors: Roberta
authors: R
authors: Lecis
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Tocchetti
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Rotta
authors: Salvatore
authors: S
authors: Naitana
authors: Llilianne
authors: L
authors: Ganges
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Pittau
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Alberti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050681:Bottle-Nosed Dolphin; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D018142:Gammaherpesvirinae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008522:Mediterranean Sea / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral