Dear Collegues,
Sorry for cross-posting. We're pleased to announce a new publication
on the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (http://jcm.asm.org/content/51/2/708.long)
which
confirms the interspecies transmission of DMV from cetaceans to
pinnipeds describing a clinical case occurred during the last DMV
epidemics in the Mediterranean Sea (2007-2011).
Mazzariol S, Peletto S, Mondin A, Centelleghe C, Di Guardo G, Di
Francesco CE, Casalone C, Acutis PL. Dolphin Morbillivirus
infection in a captive harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). J. Clin.
Microbiol. 2013, 51(2):708. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02710-12.
Abstract
During the second morbilliviral epidemic (2007-2011) in
cetaceans along the Italian coastline, Dolphin Morbillivirus (DMV)
was detected by molecular analyses in a captive harbor seal (Phoca
vitulina) with pathological findings consistent with morbilliviral
infection. This report confirms interspecies DMV transmission from
cetaceans to pinnipeds.
Best regards
Sandro Mazzariol
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Dr. Sandro Mazzariol, DVM, PhD
Dipartimento di Biomedicina Comparata e Alimentazione (BCA)
Università degli Studi di Padova
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