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ArticleVeterinary research communications2023

First description of a Gammaherpesvirus in a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Danny Morick, Nadav Davidovich, Ziv Zemah-Shamir, Yael Kroin, Eyal Bigal, Eva Sierra, Simone Segura-Göthlin, Natascha Wosnick, Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, Dan Tchernov and 1 more

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Article in Veterinary research communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Danny MorickMorris Kahn Marine Research Station, University of Haifa, 3498838, Haifa, Israel. dmorick@univ.haifa.ac.il.
Nadav DavidovichMorris Kahn Marine Research Station, University of Haifa, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.
Ziv Zemah-ShamirMorris Kahn Marine Research Station, University of Haifa, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.
Yael KroinMorris Kahn Marine Research Station, University of Haifa, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.
Eyal BigalMorris Kahn Marine Research Station, University of Haifa, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.
Eva SierraVeterinary Histology and Pathology, Atlantic Center for Cetacean Research, University Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety (IUSA), Veterinary School, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Trasmontaña, s/n, 35413, Las Palmas, Spain.
Simone Segura-GöthlinVeterinary Histology and Pathology, Atlantic Center for Cetacean Research, University Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety (IUSA), Veterinary School, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Trasmontaña, s/n, 35413, Las Palmas, Spain.
Natascha WosnickPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, 81531-980, Brazil.
Rachel Ann Hauser-DavisLaboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4.365Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, 21040-360, Brazil.
Dan TchernovMorris Kahn Marine Research Station, University of Haifa, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.
Aviad P ScheininMorris Kahn Marine Research Station, University of Haifa, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.
University of Haifa · ILUniversidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · ESFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development · ILSouthern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) · CNUniversidade Federal do Paraná · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In September 2020, a male common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) was found dead on a beach near Bat-Yam, Israel. A small, raised, well circumscribed penile lesion (i.e., mass) was identified and removed for histology and molecular characterizations. By histology, the penile mass presented focal keratinization of the squamous epithelium and a mild ballooning of acanthocytes in lower epithelium levels, as well as features compatible with viral plaques, and tested positive for a gammaherpesvirus through molecular characterization analyses. Tissue samples from the lungs, liver, and spleen, however, tested negative for herpesvirus infection. The gammaherpesvirus detected herein is similar to other isolates found in several areas worldwide in different cetacean species. This is the first reported case of gammaherpesvirus infection in dolphins from the eastern Mediterranean Sea, indicative of the need for long-term assessments to create viral infections databases in cetaceans, especially in a climate change context, which is likely to intensify infectious disease outbreaks in marine mammals in the future.

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Common DolphinsDolphinsGammaherpesvirinaeHerpesviridae InfectionsAnimalsMaleMediterranean SeaDelphinus delphisGammaherpesvirusMediterranean SeaPenile mass

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PMID37088865
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