Systemic Erysipelas Outbreak among Free-Ranging Bottlenose Dolphins, San Diego, California, USA, 2022

We diagnosed fatal Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae sepsis in 3 stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) during summer 2022, in San Diego, California, USA. The previously undetected disease in this relatively small, regional population of dolphins most likely indicates an environmental or biol...

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Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Kerri Danil, Kathleen M. Colegrove, Martha A. Delaney, Alexandria Mena, Nancy Stedman, Elyse Wurster
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-12-01
Subjects:	Erysipelas Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae sepsis mammals dolphins bottlenose dolphins
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/12/23-0811_article