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 -- Dr. Sandro Mazzariol, DVM, PhD Dipartimento di Biomedicina Comparata e Alimentazione (BCA) Università degli Studi di Padova AGRIPOLIS - Viale dell'Università, 16 35020 - Legnaro (PD) tel.: +39 049 827 2963 fax: +39 049 827 2973 e-mail: sandro.mazzariol@unipd.it