Morbilliviruses in Mediterranean Monk Seals

Overview

Journal Vet Microbiol

Specialties Microbiology
Veterinary Medicine

Date 1999 Oct 9

PMID 10515264

Citations 6

Authors

M W van de Bildt

E J Vedder

B E Martina

B A Sidi

A B Jiddou

M E Ould Barham

E Androukaki

A Komnenou

H G Niesters

A D Osterhaus

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Abstract

Two morbilliviruses were isolated from Mediterranean monk seals (Monachus monachus), one from a stranded animal in Greece and the other one from carcasses washed ashore during a mass die-off in Mauritania. From both viruses N and P gene fragments were sequenced and compared to those of other known morbilliviruses. The monk seal morbilliviruses most closely resembled previously identified cetacean morbilliviruses, indicating that interspecies transmission from cetaceans to pinnipeds has occurred.

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