Abstract
A long-finned pilot whale with morbilliviral disease was stranded in New Jersey. An immunohistochemical stain demonstrated morbilliviral antigen. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for morbillivirus P and N genes was positive. Novel sequences most closely related to, but distinct from, those of dolphin and porpoise morbilliviruses suggest that this virus may represent a third member of the cetacean morbillivirus group.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 42-45 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Microbiology (medical)
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Taubenberger, J. K., Tsai, M. M., Atkin, T. J., Fanning, T. G., Krafft, A. E., Moeller, R. B., Kodsi, S. E., Mense, M. G., & Lipscomb, T. P. (2000). Molecular genetic evidence of a novel morbillivirus in a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephalus melas). Emerging Infectious Diseases, 6(1), 42-45.