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A morbillivirus was isolated from lung tissue of a porpoise which had lesions similar to those of phocine distemper. Porpoise and seal isolates differed in their reactions to monoclonal antibodies to canine distemper virus.
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McCullough, S.J., McNeilly, F., Allan, G.M. et al. Isolation and characterisation of a porpoise morbillivirus. Archives of Virology 118, 247–252 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314034
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