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K. Van Waerebeek

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A review of virus infections of cataceans and the potential impact of morbilliviruses, poxviruses and papillomaviruses on host population dynamics.

1999

Viruses belonging to 9 families have been detected in cetaceans. We critically review the clinical features, pathology and epidemiology of the diseases they cause. Cetacean morbillivirus (family Paramyxoviridae) induces a serious disease with a high mortality rate and persists in several populations. It may have long-term effects on the dynamics of cetacean populations either as enzootic infection or recurrent epizootics. The latter presumably have the more profound impact due to removal of sexually mature individuals. Members of the family Poxviridae infect several species of odontocetes, resulting in ring and tattoo skin lesions. Although poxviruses apparently do not induce a high mortali…

MaleParamyxoviridaePopulationViral diseasesPoxviridae InfectionsAquatic Sciencemedicine.disease_causeHepadnaviridaeHerpesviridae:CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA [UNESCO]AdenoviridaeCetacea [whales dolphins and porpoises]Papovaviridaebiology.animalUNESCO::CIENCIAS DE LA VIDAmedicineAnimalsUNESCO::CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA::Biología animal (Zoología)educationPapovaviridaePapillomaviridaeEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsHerpesviridaeeducation.field_of_studyCetaceans:CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA::Biología animal (Zoología) [UNESCO]biologyPoxviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsParamyxoviridae ; Poxviridae ; Papovaviridae ; Herpesviridae ; Orthomyxoviridae ; Rhabdoviridae ; Caliciviridae ; Hepadnaviridae ; Adenoviridae ; Cetaceans ; Viral diseasesPhocoena spinipinnisbiology.organism_classificationOrthomyxoviridaeVirologyCaliciviridaeCetacean morbillivirusTumor Virus InfectionsMorbillivirusParamyxoviridaeCetaceaRhabdoviridaeCaliciviridaePorpoiseMorbillivirus InfectionsDiseases of aquatic organisms
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Serological evidence of Brucella species infection in odontocetes from the south Pacific and the Mediterranean

2001

Sera from 58 odontocetes taken in fisheries off Peru in 1993 to 1995 and from 24-cetaceans stranded along the Spanish coast of the Mediterranean in 1997 to 1999 were tested for the presence of Brucella species antibodies in competitive and indirect ELISAS (cELISA and iELISA). Among the animals from Peru, 21 of 27 (77.8 per cent) Lagenorhynchus obscurus, three of six Delphinus capensis, one of two inshore and two of three offshore Tursiops truncatus and five of 20 (25 per cent) Phocoena spinipinnis were positive in the cELISA. Brucella species antibodies were also observed in two of 16 (12.5 per cent) Stenella coeruleoalba and in one of two T truncatus from the Mediterranean. These data prov…

MaleBrucella speciesMediterranean climateDolphinsFisheriesZoologyEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayPorpoisesStenella coeruleoalbaBrucellosisMediterranean seaSeroepidemiologic Studiesbiology.animalPeruMediterranean SeaAnimalsLagenorhynchusPacific OceanGeneral VeterinarybiologyMediterranean RegionEcologyWhalesGeneral MedicinePhocoena spinipinnisbiology.organism_classificationAntibodies BacterialBrucellaBrucella cetiDelphinus capensisFemaleCetacea
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