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. 2016 Apr;22(4):740-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid2204.150954.

Morbillivirus and Pilot Whale Deaths, Canary Islands, Spain, 2015

Eva Sierra, Antonio Fernández, Cristian Suárez-Santana, Aina Xuriach, Daniele Zucca, Yara Bernaldo de Quirós, Natalia García-Álvarez, Jesús De la Fuente, Simona Sacchini, Marisa Andrada, Josué Díaz-Delgado, Manuel Arbelo

Morbillivirus and Pilot Whale Deaths, Canary Islands, Spain, 2015

Eva Sierra et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Canary Islands; PWMV; Spain; cetacean morbillivirus; cetaceans; deaths; morbillivirus; pilot whale morbillivirus; pilot whales; viruses.

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