Mass die-Off of Caspian seals caused by canine distemper virus.

Emerg Infect Dis

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Published: January 2001

Thousands of Caspian seals (Phoca caspica) died in the Caspian Sea from April to August 2000. Lesions characteristic of morbillivirus infection were found in tissue specimens from dead seals. Canine distemper virus infection was identified by serologic examination, reverse transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction, and sequencing of selected P gene fragments. These results implicate canine distemper virus infection as the primary cause of death.

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