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Inter Research, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, (81), p. 73-76

DOI: 10.3354/dao01915

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Herpes simplex-like infection in a bottlenose dolphin stranded in the Canary Islands

Journal article published in 2008 by F. Esperón ORCID, A. Fernández, José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno
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Abstract

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.