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  • noun Any of the genus Morbillivirus of viruses.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • This is also the first time morbillivirus has been detected in sea otters anywhere.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

  • 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

  • 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.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009

  • 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.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

  • This is also the first time morbillivirus has been detected in sea otters anywhere.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2009

  • 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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