Molecular Genetic Evidence of a Novel Morbillivirus in a Long-Finned Pilot Whale (Globicephalus...

Autor: Taubenberger, Jeffery K., Tsai, Mark M., Atkin, T. Joy, Fanning, Thomas G., Krafft, Amy E., Moeller, R.B., Lipscomb, Thomas P., Kodsi, S.E., Mense, M.G.
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p42-45, 4p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram
Abstrakt: 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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