TY - JOUR AU - Mazzariol, Sandro AU - Centelleghe, Cinzia AU - Di Provvido, Andrea AU - Di Renzo, Ludovica AU - Cardeti, Giusy AU - Cersini, Antonella AU - Fichi, Gianluca AU - Petrella, Antonio AU - Di Francesco, Cristina Esmeralda AU - Mignone, Walter AU - Casalone, Cristina AU - Di Guardo, Giovanni T1 - Dolphin Morbillivirus Associated with a Mass Stranding of Sperm Whales, Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 1 SP - 144 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In September 2014, seven sperm whales were stranded along Italy’s Adriatic coastline. Postmortem investigations on 3 female adult whales and 1 male fetus carried by the largest female revealed molecular and immunohistochemical evidence of dolphin morbillivirus infection. A possible role of the virus in the stranding event was considered. KW - morbillivirus KW - Physeter macrocephalus KW - mass stranding KW - dolphins KW - whales KW - Italy KW - H gene KW - viruses KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2301.160239 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/1/16-0239_article ER - End of Reference