TY - JOUR AU - Mazzariol, Sandro AU - Centelleghe, Cinzia AU - Beffagna, Giorgia AU - Povinelli, Michele AU - Terracciano, Giuliana AU - Cocumelli, Cristiano AU - Pintore, Antonio AU - Denurra, Daniele AU - Casalone, Cristina AU - Pautasso, Alessandra AU - Di Francesco, Cristina Esmeralda AU - Di Guardo, Giovanni T1 - Mediterranean Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) Threatened by Dolphin MorbilliVirus T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 2 SP - 302 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During 2011–2013, dolphin morbillivirus was molecularly identified in 4 stranded fin whales from the Mediterranean Sea. Nucleoprotein, phosphoprotein, and hemagglutinin gene sequences of the identified strain were highly homologous with those of a morbillivirus that caused a 2006–2007 epidemic in the Mediterranean. Dolphin morbillivirus represents a serious threat for fin whales. KW - Morbillivirus KW - dolphin morbillivirus KW - Balaenoptera physalus KW - viruses KW - Mediterranean Sea KW - fin whales KW - Mediterranean fin whales KW - outbreak KW - morbillivirus infection KW - nucleoprotein gene KW - phosphoprotein gene KW - hemagglutinin gene DO - 10.3201/eid2202.150882 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/2/15-0882_article ER - End of Reference