Abstract
A long-finned pilot whale with morbilliviral disease was stranded in New Jersey. An immunohistochemical stain demonstrated morbilliviral antigen. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for morbillivirus P and N genes was positive. Novel sequences most closely related to, but distinct from, those of dolphin and porpoise morbilliviruses suggest that this virus may represent a third member of the cetacean morbillivirus group.
Highlights
A long-finned pilot whale with morbilliviral disease was stranded in New Jersey
Since the characterization of these viruses, genetic identification has been possible by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and DNA sequence analysis in specimens from epizootics where virus was not cultured [11]
These analyses have shown that both cetacean morbilliviruses (DMV and porpoise morbillivirus (PMV)) were present in the first recognized cetacean epizootic in bottlenose dolphins in 1987
Summary
A long-finned pilot whale with morbilliviral disease was stranded in New Jersey. An immunohistochemical stain demonstrated morbilliviral antigen. The first recognized marine mammal morbilliviral epizootic occurred in 1987-88 along the Atlantic coast of the United States [2,3]. Viruses have been cultured from animals from some of the epizootics, and novel marine mammal morbilliviruses have been recognized. Two cetacean morbilliviruses have been identified and named porpoise morbillivirus (PMV) and dolphin morbillivirus (DMV).
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