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Cetacean morbillivirus: current knowledge and future directions.
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100 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 240 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Longitudinal Multimodal Monitoring of Eight Captive Beluga Whale (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Genome sequence of Fraser's dolphin morbillivirus isolated from a stranded Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) in Hawai'i.Archives of virology · 2026Article
- Long-term trends of epibionts reflect Mediterranean striped dolphin abundance shifts caused by morbillivirus epidemics.The Journal of animal ecology · 2026Article
- Characterization of a Novel, Highly Divergent Paramyxovirus Discovered in a Bearded Seal of Subarctic Canada.Viruses · 2026Article
- Portable Molecular Diagnostics for Cetacean Morbillivirus: Development of a Reverse Transcription Insulated Isothermal PCR (RT-iiPCR) for Global Surveillance.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- Deep breath out: molecular survey of selected pathogens in blow and skin biopsies from North Atlantic cetaceans.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
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- Seasonal contact and migration structure mass epidemics and inform outbreak preparedness in a vulnerable marine mammal.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Post Mortem Findings of Cetaceans Stranded Along the Campania Coast from 2016 to 2022.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Breathing synchrony shapes respiratory disease risk in bottlenose dolphins.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Serological Evidence of Cetacean Morbillivirus Infection in Common Bottlenose Dolphins in Japan.Microbiology and immunology · 2025Article
- Complete Genome Sequencing of the Divergent Guiana Dolphin Morbillivirus (GDMV), Brazil.Viruses · 2025Article
- On the exceedingly long median life span of whales: a model for a better understanding of human longevity?Veterinary research communications · 2025Article
- Coinfection with Dolphin Morbillivirus (DMV) and Gammaherpesvirus in a Spinner Dolphin (Viruses · 2024Article
- First Detection of Gammacoronavirus in a Striped Dolphin (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Pathogen Prevalence in Cetaceans Stranded along the Italian Coastline between 2015 and 2020.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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32 authors at 20 institutions in 9 countries.
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Abstract
We review the molecular and epidemiological characteristics of cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) and the diagnosis and pathogenesis of associated disease, with six different strains detected in cetaceans worldwide. CeMV has caused epidemics with high mortality in odontocetes in Europe, the USA and Australia. It represents a distinct species within the Morbillivirus genus. Although most CeMV strains are phylogenetically closely related, recent data indicate that morbilliviruses recovered from Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus), from Western Australia, and a Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis), from Brazil, are divergent. The signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) cell receptor for CeMV has been characterized in cetaceans. It shares higher amino acid identity with the ruminant SLAM than with the receptors of carnivores or humans, reflecting the evolutionary history of these mammalian taxa. In Delphinidae, three amino acid substitutions may result in a higher affinity for the virus. Infection is diagnosed by histology, immunohistochemistry, virus isolation, RT-PCR, and serology. Classical CeMV-associated lesions include bronchointerstitial pneumonia, encephalitis, syncytia, and lymphoid depletion associated with immunosuppression. Cetaceans that survive the acute disease may develop fatal secondary infections and chronic encephalitis. Endemically infected, gregarious odontocetes probably serve as reservoirs and vectors. Transmission likely occurs through the inhalation of aerosolized virus but mother to fetus transmission was also reported.
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