Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2024)

Characterization of Cetacean Morbillivirus in Humpback Whales, Brazil

  • Derek B. de Amorim,
  • Laura J. de Camargo,
  • Paula R. Ribeiro,
  • Renata da F. Budaszewski,
  • Jean Carlo O. Menegatt,
  • Milena C. Paz,
  • Lucas T. de Castro,
  • Paula R. Almeida,
  • Juliana C. Olegário,
  • Cláudio W. Canal,
  • Luciana Sonne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3006.231769
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 6
pp. 1296 – 1298

Abstract

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Cetacean morbillivirus is an etiologic agent associated with strandings of live and dead cetacean species occurring sporadically or as epizootics worldwide. We report 2 cases of cetacean morbillivirus in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Brazil and describe the anatomopathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular characterization findings in the specimens.

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