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Novel herpesviruses in riverine and marine cetaceans from South America

2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 190; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.11.021

1873-6254

Carlos Sacristán, Fernando Esperón, Ana Carolina Ewbank, Josué Díaz‐Delgado, Eduardo Ferreira‐Machado, Samira Costa‐Silva, Angélica María Sánchez‐Sarmiento, Kátia R. Groch, Elena Neves, Gustavo Henrique Pereira Dutra, Waleska Gravena, Vera Maria Ferreira da Silva, Milton C. C. Marcondes, Adriana Castaldo Colosio, Marta Jussara Cremer, Vítor Luz Carvalho, Ana Carolina Oliveira de Meirelles, Juliana Marigo, José Luiz Catão‐Dias,

Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Herpesvirus (HV) infections in cetaceans are frequently associated with skin and mucosal lesions. Although HV infections have been reported worldwide, their occurrence in southern Atlantic marine mammals is still poorly understood. We tested skin, oral and genital mucosal beta-actin PCR-positive samples from 109 free-ranging Brazilian cetaceans using a universal herpesvirus DNA polymerase PCR. Herpesvirus-positive skin samples from a Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis), a dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima), a Bolivian river dolphin (Inia boliviensis), and a lingual sample from an Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) were histologically evaluated. Additional tissue samples from these animals were also PCR-positive for HV, including a novel sequence obtained from the dwarf sperm whale's stomach and mesenteric lymph node. Four novel HV species were detected in the Guiana dolphin (one), the dwarf sperm whale (two) and the Bolivian river dolphin (one). The cutaneous lesions (marked, focally extensive, chronic proliferative dermatitis) of the Guiana dolphin and the Bolivian river dolphin were similar to previous HV reports in cetaceans, despite the absence of intranuclear inclusion bodies. This is the largest HV survey in South American cetaceans and the first detection of HV infection in riverine dolphins worldwide.