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First molecular determination of herpesvirus from two mysticete species stranded in the Mediterranean Sea

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dc.contributor.authorMelero Asensio, Mar
dc.contributor.authorCrespo Picazo, José Luis
dc.contributor.authorRubio Guerri, Consuelo
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Párraga, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Vizcaíno, José Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-18T06:57:19Z
dc.date.available2023-06-18T06:57:19Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-14
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND Herpesvirus can infect a wide range of animal species: mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and bivalves. In marine mammals, several alpha- and gammaherpesvirus have been identified in some cetaceans and pinnipeds species. To date, however, this virus has not been detected in any member of the Balaenoptera genus. CASE PRESENTATION Herpesvirus was determined by molecular methods in tissue samples from a male fin whale juvenile (Balaenoptera physalus) and a female common minke whale calf (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) stranded on the Mediterranean coast of the Region of Valencia (Spain). Samples of skin and penile mucosa from the fin whale and samples of skin, muscle and central nervous system tissue from the common minke whale tested positive for herpesvirus based on sequences of the DNA polymerase gene. Sequences from fin whale were identical and belonged to the Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily. Only members of the Gammaherpesvirinae subfamily were amplified from the common minke whale, and sequences from the muscle and central nervous system were identical. Sequences in GenBank most closely related to these novel sequences were viruses isolated from other cetacean species, consistent with previous observations that herpesviruses show similar phylogenetic branching as their hosts. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this is the first molecular determination of herpesvirus in the Balaenoptera genus. It shows that herpesvirus should be included in virological evaluation of these animals.
dc.description.facultyCentro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET)
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/39615
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12917-015-0596-1
dc.identifier.issn1746-6148
dc.identifier.officialurlhttp://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-015-0596-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24663
dc.journal.titleBMC veterinary research
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.initial283
dc.publisherBioMedCentral
dc.rightsAtribución 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
dc.subject.keywordBalaenoptera
dc.subject.keywordBaleen whale
dc.subject.keywordCetacean virology
dc.subject.keywordCommon minke whale
dc.subject.keywordFin whale
dc.subject.keywordHerpesvirus
dc.subject.ucmVeterinaria
dc.subject.unesco3109 Ciencias Veterinarias
dc.titleFirst molecular determination of herpesvirus from two mysticete species stranded in the Mediterranean Sea
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number11
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