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Morbillivirus
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Morbillivirus /Mor·bil·li·vi·rus/ (-vi″rus) measles-like viruses; a genus of viruses of the family Paramyxoviridae, including the agents of measles and canine distemper.
Mor·bil·li·vi·rus (môr-bl-vrs)
n.
A genus of viruses of the family Paramyxoviridae that includes the causative agents of measles.
Morbillivirus
one of the three genera in the family Paramyxoviridae that includes the viruses of human measles, canine distemper, phocine distemper and rinderpest.
equine Morbillivirus
see equine henipavirus.
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Dolphin and porpoise morbilliviruses are genetically distinct from phocine distemper virus.
Phocine distemper virus in northern sea otters in the Pacific Ocean, ... by Goldstein, Tracey; Mazet, Jonna A.K.; Gill, Verena A.; Doroff, Angela M.; Burek, Kathy A.; Hammond, / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Massive mortalities in pinnipeds and cetaceans reaching epidemics of tens of thousands are caused by four morbilliviruses evolving from the canine distemper virus (Aguirre et al.
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Some of the more significant of these include: Marine mammal mass mortalities Morbilliviruses have emerged as an important factor in marine mammal epizootics and were implicated in mass mortalities involving bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the U.
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