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

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Costa-Silva, Samira ; Sacristan, Carlos ; Soares, Rodrigo M. ; Carvalho, Vitor L. ; V. Castilho, Pedro ; Cremer, Marta J. ; Ewbank, Ana Carolina ; Duarte-Benvenuto, Aricia ; Faita, Thalita ; Navas-Suarez, Pedro E. ; V. Vieira, Jenyffer ; Pereira, Leticia G. ; Alves, Carolina F. ; Souza, Gabriela C. ; Lemos, Giulia G. ; Silvestre-Perez, Natalia ; Catao-Dias, Jose L. ; Keid, Lara B.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; v. 29, n. 1, p. 4-pg., 2023-01-01.

Abstract

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. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/25069-7 - Study and characterization of selected emerging viral agents and potentially associated with hepatopathies in coastal, pelagic and mixed habitat cetaceans in Brazil
• Grantee: Carlos Sacristan Yague
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 16/20956-0 - Identification and quantification of antimicrobial resistance genes in the microbiome of seabirds from the Southern-Southeastern coast of Brazil
• Grantee: Ana Carolina Ewbank
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 20/12434-9 - Investigation of selective viral infections and antimicrobial gene resistance in aquatic mammals in Brazil
• Grantee: Samira Costa da Silva
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate