Dolphin morbillivirus infection in different parts of the Mediterranean Sea <B>Dolphin morbillivirus infection in different parts of the Mediterranean Sea</B><P> Brief Report<B><P> M.-F. Van Bressem(1), I. K. G. Visser(2), R.</B> <B>L. De Swart(2), C. Orvell(3), L. Stanzani(4),</B> <B>E. Androukaki(5), K. Siakavara(6), and</B> <B>A. D. M. E. Osterhaus(1,7)</B><I><P> (1) Division of Virology, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Immunology,Veterinary Faculty, State University of Utrecht, Utrecht,<BR> (2) Seal Rehabilitation and Research Center, Pieterburen, The Netherlands<BR> (3 )Department of Virology, Central Microbiology Laboratory of Stockholm City Council, Stockholm, Sweden<BR> (4) Fondazione Cetacea, Riccione, Italy<BR> (5) Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal, Athens<BR> (6 ) Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, Heraklion, Greece<BR> (7) Laboratory of Immunobiology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands</I><P> Accepted August 28, 1992<B><P> Summary. </B>Morbillivirus were isolated from Mediterranean striped dolphins <I>(Stenella coeruleoalba) </I>dying along the coasts of Italy and Greece in 1991. They were antigenically identical to the morbilliviruses isolated from striped dolphins in Spain in 1990.<P> Arch Virol (1993) 129: 235-242<P>