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Dolphin morbillivirus epizootic resurgence, Mediterranean Sea

Mercedes FernándezThomas BarrettMandy CorteynMarie-françoise Van BressemAshley C. BanyardMariano DomingoJuan Antonio RagaFrancisco Javier Aznar

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Microbiology (medical)Mediterranean climateEpidemiologylcsh:MedicineStenella coeruleoalbalcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseasesDisease OutbreaksMediterranean seaStenellaMorbillivirusVirus strainbiology.animalMediterranean SeamedicineAnimalslcsh:RC109-216Epizooticre-emerging diseasebiologydolphinlcsh:RDispatchbiology.organism_classificationStenellamedicine.diseaseCetacean morbillivirusmorbillivirusFisheryInfectious DiseasesSpainMorbillivirus Infections

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In July 2007, > 100 striped dolphins, Stenella coeruleoalba, were found dead along the coast of the Spanish Mediterranean. Of 10 dolphins tested, 7 were positive for a virus strain closely related to the dolphin morbillivirus that was isolated during a previous epizootic in 1990.

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2008-03-01
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