Coinfection and vertical transmission of Brucella and Morbillivirus in a neonatal sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in Hawaii, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 227-232

  West, Kristi L ^a   Levine, Gregg ^b   Jacob, Jessica ^a   Jensen, Brenda ^a   Sanchez, Susan ^c   Colegrove, Kathleen ^d   Rotstein, David ^e  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e Marine Mammal Pathology Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucellosis; Coinfection; Hawaii; Morbillivirus; Sperm whale; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA SP.; CETACEA; MORBILLIVIRUS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

ANIMAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; SPERM WHALE; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HAWAII; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MORBILLIVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; SPERM WHALE;

EID: 84920517434     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2014-04-092     Document Type: Article

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