Beluga whale alphaherpesvirus 1 was isolated from a blowhole swab taken from a juvenile beluga whale. The genome is 144,144 bp in size and contains 86 putative genes. The virus groups phylogenetically with members of the genus in subfamily and is the first alphaherpesvirus sequenced from a marine mammal.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5646400 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01100-17 | DOI Listing |
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