Estudio molecular de una nueva cepa de morbillivirus de cetáceo aislada de un calderon tropical

  • José Manuel Sánchez-vizcaíno Rodríguez
  • Edwige Nina Bellière
  • Fernando Esperón Fajardo
Keywords: Paramyxoviridae, Cetacean morbillivirus, Pilot Whale morbillivirus, Shortfin pilot whale, Molecular characterization, Canary Islands

Abstract

Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) is the most pathogenic virus in cetaceans. It includes three strains whose names refer to the species of odontocete from which it was initially isolated: Dolphin morbillivirus (DMV), Porpoise morbillivirus (PMV) and Pilot Whale morbillivirus (PWMV). The aim of this work was to complete a molecular characterization of a new strain of CeMV obtained from the brain of a short finned pilot whale stranded dead around Canary Islands with lesions compatible with morbilliviral disease. Phylogenetic trees including sequences of all the morbillivirus species have shown a higher homology with PWMV, so this strain is tentatively named “PWMV II”. Moreover, from the phylogenetic trees analysis and an exhaustive bibliographical review we propose new names for the CeMV strains:“CeMV-1” for DMV, “CeMV-2” for PMV and “CeMV-3” for PWMV.

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Published
2009-10-14
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Sánchez-vizcaíno Rodríguez J. M., Bellière E. N. y Esperón Fajardo F. (2009). Estudio molecular de una nueva cepa de morbillivirus de cetáceo aislada de un calderon tropical. Revista Complutense de Ciencias Veterinarias, 3(2), 112-118. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RCCV/article/view/RCCV0909220112A
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