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Molecular Genetic Evidence of a Novel Morbillivirus in a Long-Finned Pilot Whale ( Globicephalus melas )
1 Feb 2000
Abstract excerpt
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...
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