Novel cetacean morbillivirus in a rare Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) stranding from Maui, Hawai‘i

Abstract Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) is a global threat to cetaceans. We report a novel morbillivirus from a Fraser’s dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) that stranded in Maui, Hawaii in 2018 that is dissimilar to the beaked whale morbillivirus previously identified from Hawaii and to other CeMV strains...

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Main Authors: Kristi L. West, Ilse Silva-Krott, Nelmarie Landrau-Giovannetti, Dave Rotstein, Jeremiah Saliki, Stephen Raverty, Ole Nielsen, Vsevolod L. Popov, Nicole Davis, William A. Walker, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Thomas B. Waltzek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94460-6