Short-Finned Pilot Whale Strandings Associated with Pilot Whale Morbillivirus, Brazil

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 214 - 217
• Main Authors: Costa-Silva, Samira, Sacristán, Carlos, Soares, Rodrigo M, Carvalho, Vitor L, Castilho, Pedro V, Cremer, Marta J, Ewbank, Ana Carolina, Duarte-Benvenuto, Arícia, Faita, Thalita, Navas-Suárez, Pedro E, Vieira, Jenyffer V, Pereira, Letícia G, Alves, Carolina F, Souza, Gabriela C, Lemos, Giulia G, Silvestre-Perez, Natália, Catão-Dias, José L, Keid, Lara B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.01.2023; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Brazil - epidemiology; Causes of; cetacean; Delphinidae; Distribution; DNA polymerase; Dolphins; Environmental aspects; Health aspects; herpesvirus; Identification and classification; Infections; Lymphatic system; Marine mammal strandings; morbillivirus; Morbillivirus - genetics; Morbillivirus Infections - diagnosis; Morbillivirus Infections - veterinary; Paramyxoviruses; pilot whale; Pilot whales; Porpoises; Research Letter; Short-Finned Pilot Whale Strandings Associated with Pilot Whale Morbillivirus, Brazil; stranding; Veterinary medicine; viruses; Whales & whaling; Whales, Pilot; Wildlife diseases; Brazil; Spain; Canary Islands; Northern Hemisphere; United States > US; Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea; South America; Suggested citation for this article: Costa-Silva S; viruses; Carvalho VL; Castilho PV; Brazil. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Jan [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2901.221549; Cremer MJ; Sacristán C; stranding; herpesvirus; Brazil; morbillivirus; Soares RM; pilot whale; cetacean; et al. Short-finned pilot whale strandings associated with pilot whale morbillivirus
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2901.221549

Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) causes illness and death in cetaceans worldwide; the CeMV strains circulating in the Southern Hemisphere are poorly known. We detected a pilot whale CeMV strain in 3 short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) stranded in Brazil during July-October 2020. Our results confirm this virus circulates in this species.