
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,
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), ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
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