MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION IN CETACEANS OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC

被引：54

作者：

DUIGNAN, PJ

HOUSE, C

GERACI, JR

DUFFY, N

RIMA, BK

WALSH, MT

EARLY, G

STAUBIN, DJ

SADOVE, S

KOOPMAN, H

RHINEHART, H

机构：

[1] NATL VET SERV LABS,FOREIGN ANIM DIS DIAGNOST LAB,GREENPORT,NY 11944

[2] QUEENS UNIV BELFAST,CTR MED BIOL,DIV GENET ENGN,BELFAST BT9 7BL,ANTRIM,NORTH IRELAND

[3] SEA WORLD FLORIDA,ORLANDO,FL 32821

[4] NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM,BOSTON,MA 02110

[5] OKEANOS OCEAN RES FDN,HAMPTON BAYS,NY 11946

[6] UNIV GUELPH,DEPT ZOOL,GUELPH,ON N1G 2W1,CANADA

[7] MOTE MARINE LAB,SARASOTA,FL 34236

[8] MYST MARINELIFE AQUARIUM,MYSTIC,CT 06355

来源：

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY | 1995年 / 44卷 / 2-4期

关键词：

CETACEAN; ODONTOCETE; MYSTICETE; ATLANTIC; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTION; ANTIBODY TITERS; SEROLOGY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPIZOOTIC;

D O I：

10.1016/0378-1135(95)00017-5

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

We report serologic evidence of morbillivirus infection in eleven of fifteen species of odontocete cetaceans from the western Atlantic since 1986. Blood samples were obtained both from free-ranging and stranded animals. Virus neutralizing titers were higher against porpoise and dolphin morbilliviruses than against peste des petits ruminants virus, phocine distemper virus or canine distemper virus (CDV). Serum from five species, tested in a heterologous immunoprecipitation assay using radiolabelled CDV, precipitated the nucleocapsid (N) protein. Clinical morbillivirus infection may potentially impact already threatened species such as the harbour porpoise and precipitate mass strandings of socially cohesive odontocetes.

引用

页码：241 / 249

页数：9

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