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Morbilliviruses in Mediterranean monk seals
M.W.G. van de Bildt ,
E.J. Vedder ,
B.E.E. Martina ,
Ba Abou Sidi ,
Azza Bent Jiddou ,
Mohamed Ely Ould Barham ,
E. Androukaki ,
A. Komnenou ,
H.G.M. Niesters ,
A.D.M.E. Osterhaus
September 1999
September 1999
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Abstract
Two morbilliviruses were isolated from Mediterranean monk seals (Monachus monachus),
one from a stranded animal in Greece and the other one from carcasses washed ashore
during a mass die-off in Mauritania. From both viruses N and P gene fragments were
sequenced and compared to those of other known morbilliviruses. The monk seal morbilliviruses
most closely resembled previously identified cetacean morbilliviruses, indicating
that interspecies transmission from cetaceans to pinnipeds has occurred.