Morbillivirus infection in cetaceans stranded along the Italian coastline: Pathological, immunohistochemical and biomolecular findings

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 132-137

  Di Guardo, Giovanni ^a   Di Francesco, Cristina Esmeralda ^a   Eleni, Claudia ^b   Cocumelli, Cristiano ^b   Scholl, Francesco ^b   Casalone, Cristina ^c   Peletto, Simone ^c   Mignone, Walter ^d   Tittarelli, Cristiana ^d   Di Nocera, Fabio ^e   Leonardi, Leonardo ^f   Fernández, Antonio ^g   Marcer, Federica ^h   Mazzariol, Sandro ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^c IZS del Piemonte   (Italy)

^d Liguria e Valle d'Aosta   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Encephalitis; Infection; Italy; Mediterranean Sea; Morbillivirus; Pathogenesis; Strandings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CETACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASHORE; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FIN WHALE; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; STENELLA;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CETACEA; DOLPHIN MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84871511713     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2012.07.030     Document Type: Article

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