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- noun Any of the
genus Morbillivirus ofviruses .
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Examples
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In 1987 and 1988, some 700 bottlenose dolphins washed ashore from New Jersey to Florida, a wave of death ultimately pinned on the morbillivirus.
Dolphin cold case: Investigators say cause of calve die-off may never be known 2011
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Federal marine scientists ultimately attributed the unprecedented number of dolphin deaths to a combination of morbillivirus - related to distemper in dogs - and potent vibrio bacteria from industrial pollutants.
The Deadliness Below 2007
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This is also the first time morbillivirus has been detected in sea otters anywhere.
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Results indicate that 80 percent of the otters tested positive for morbillivirus and 60 percent for Toxoplasma, which has been a significant cause of death in southern sea otters in California.
NOAA News Releases 2009
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Results indicate that 80 percent of the otters tested positive for morbillivirus and 60 percent for Toxoplasma, which has been a significant cause of death in southern sea otters in California.
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Results indicate that 80 percent of the otters tested positive for morbillivirus and 60 percent for Toxoplasma, which has been a significant cause of death in southern sea otters in California.
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This is also the first time morbillivirus has been detected in sea otters anywhere.
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MeV, AF266288; phocine distemper virus (PDV), NC_006383; rinderpest virus (RPV), NC_006296; peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), NC_006383; dolphin morbillivirus (DMV), NC_005283; other paramyxovirus: Atlantic salmon paramyxovirus (ASPV), EF646380; Beilong virus (BeV),
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arthur S. Samuel et al. 2010
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