%0 Journal Article
%A Esperón, F
%A Fernández, A
%A Sánchez-Vizcaíno Rodríguez, José Manuel
%T Herpes simplex-like infection in a bottlenose dolphin stranded in the Canary Islands
%D 2008
%@ 0177-5103
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51963
%X A bottlenose dolphin, stranded in the Canary Islands in 2001 exhibited non-suppurative encephalitis. No molecular detection of cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) was found, but a herpesviral-specific band of 250 bp was detected in the lung and brain. The sequenced herpesviral PCR product was compared with GenBank sequences, obtaining 98% homology (p-distance of 0.02) with Human herpesvirus 1 (herpes simplex virus 1 or HSV-1). This is the first report of a herpes simplex-like infection in a stranded dolphin.
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