Dear all, We are pleased to announce the publication of the following paper in Archives of Virology: A novel cetacean adenovirus in stranded harbour porpoises from the North Sea: detection and molecular characterization van Beurden SJ, IJsseldijk LL, van de Bildt MWG, Begeman L, Wellehan Jr. JFX, Waltzek TB, de Vrieze G, Grone A, Kuiken T, Verheije MH, Penzes JJ The publication is available at the following link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00705-017-3310-8 Abstract: Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are the most prevalent cetaceans in the North Sea. The fecal viral flora of 21 harbour porpoises stranded along the Dutch coastline was analyzed by a metagenomics approach. Sequences of a novel cetacean mastadenovirus, designated harbour porpoise adenovirus 1 (HpAdV-1), were detected. The sequence of a 23-kbp genomic region, spanning the conserved late region, was determined using primer walking. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that HpAdV-1 is most closely related to bottlenose dolphin adenovirus and clusters with Cetartiodactyla adenoviruses. The prevalence of HpAdV-1 was low (2.6%) based on targeted PCR-screening of the intestinal contents of 151 harbour porpoises stranded between 2010 and 2013. Feel free to contact me to request a PDF file of the paper. Best wishes, Lonneke IJsseldijk Project coördinator Cetaceans Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University Department of Pathobiology T +31 30 253 5312, M +31 6 244 556 98 L.L.IJsseldijk@uu.nl Yalelaan 1, PO Box 80158, 3508 TD Utrecht The Netherlands