First molecular determination of herpesvirus from two mysticete species stranded in the Mediterranean Sea

BMC Veterinary Research

José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno²  Daniel García-Párraga¹  Consuelo Rubio-Guerri²  José Luis Crespo-Picazo¹  Mar Melero² 

[1] Veterinary Services, Oceanogràfic, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia, 46013, Spain;VISAVET Center and Animal Health Department, Veterinary School, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain

关键词: Herpesvirus;    Fin whale;    Common minke whale;    Cetacean virology;    Baleen whale;    Balaenoptera;   

Others  :  1233996
DOI  :  10.1186/s12917-015-0596-1

 received in 2015-07-15, accepted in 2015-11-10,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Herpesvirus can infect a wide range of animal species: mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians and bivalves. In marine mammals, several alpha- and gammaherpesvirus have been identified in some cetaceans and pinnipeds species. To date, however, this virus has not been detected in any member of the Balaenoptera genus.

Case presentation

Herpesvirus was determined by molecular methods in tissue samples from a male fin whale juvenile (Balaenoptera physalus) and a female common minke whale calf (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) stranded on the Mediterranean coast of the Region of Valencia (Spain). Samples of skin and penile mucosa from the fin whale and samples of skin, muscle and central nervous system tissue from the common minke whale tested positive for herpesvirus based on sequences of the DNA polymerase gene. Sequences from fin whale were identical and belonged to the Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily. Only members of the Gammaherpesvirinae subfamily were amplified from the common minke whale, and sequences from the muscle and central nervous system were identical. Sequences in GenBank most closely related to these novel sequences were viruses isolated from other cetacean species, consistent with previous observations that herpesviruses show similar phylogenetic branching as their hosts.

Conclusions

To our knowledge, this is the first molecular determination of herpesvirus in the Balaenoptera genus. It shows that herpesvirus should be included in virological evaluation of these animals.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Melero et al.

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