Evidence of susceptibility to morbillivirus infection in cetaceans from the United States

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Rowles, T K ^a   Schwacke, L S ^b   Wells, R S ^c   Saliki, J T ^d   Hansen, L ^e   Hohn, A ^e   Townsend, F ^f   Sayre, R A ^b   Hall, A J ^g  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f Bayside Hospital for Animals   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Bottlenose dolphin; Infectious disease; Serology; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COASTAL ZONE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOLPHIN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PORPOISE; VIRUS; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT; CAPE MAY COUNTY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NEW JERSEY; NORTH CAROLINA; SAINT JOSEPH BAY; UNITED STATES;

CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CETACEA; DASHEEN MOSAIC VIRUS; DOLPHIN MORBILLIVIRUS; MEASLES VIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHOCOENIDAE; PORPOISE MORBILLIVIRUS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 78650536095     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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