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Dolphin morbillivirus infection in different parts of the Mediterranean Sea

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Morbillivirus were isolated from Mediterranean striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) dying along the coasts of Italy and Greece in 1991. They were antigenically identical to the morbilliviruses isolated from striped dolphins in Spain in 1990.

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  1. Division of Virology, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Immmunology, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Utrecht, Utrecht

    M. -F. Van Bressem & A. D. M. E. Osterhaus

  2. Seal Rehabilitation and Research Center, Pieterburen, The Netherlands

    I. K. G. Visser & R. L. De Swart

  3. Department of Virology, Central Microbiology Laboratory of Stockholm City Council, Stockholm, Sweden

    C. Örvell

  4. Fondazione Cetacea, Riccione, Italy

    L. Stanzani

  5. Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal, Athens

    E. Androukaki

  6. Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

    K. Siakavara

  7. Laboratory of Immunobiology, National Institute of Public Health and Envrionmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    A. D. M. E. Osterhaus

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Van Bressem, M.F., Visser, I.K.G., De Swart, R.L. et al. Dolphin morbillivirus infection in different parts of the Mediterranean Sea. Archives of Virology 129, 235–242 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01316898

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